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XP-55

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Totals
3600 Price
250 Survivability
3640 kgWeight
222.8 Damage
Speed
1392.4 Airspeed
630 km/hTop Speed at Sea Level
630 km/hTop Speed at Best Altitude
1500 mOptimum Altitude
750 km/hMaximum Dive Speed
121 m/sRate of Climb
160 km/hStall Speed
351.5 km/hOptimum Airspeed
Mobility
86.1 Controllability
8.6 sAverage Time to Turn 360 deg
120 °/sRate of Roll
1468.2 Maneuverability
XP-55
VI
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
3600
Designed as a promising interceptor fighter with a canard configuration. The first prototype took to the air in July 1943. The tests dragged on until December 1944 when the project was recognized as having no prospects.

Tech Tree

Engine
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EngineAllison V-1710-95
Specifications:
Engine Power, hp1275
Typewater-cooled
Weight, kg600
Applicability:Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
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Allison V-1710-95
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Engine
Specifications:
Engine Power, hp1275
Typewater-cooled
Weight, kg600
Applicability:Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
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Airframe
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AirframeXP-55
Specifications:
Survivability250
Weight, kg2800
Applicability:Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
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XP-55
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Airframe
Specifications:
Survivability250
Weight, kg2800
Applicability:Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
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Cowling-mounted weapon
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Machine gun12.7 mm MG-53-2 (C)
Specifications:
Caliber12.7
Muzzle Velocity, m/s1160
Damage52
Rate of Fire, rounds/min800
Weight, kg60
Applicability:Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
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4x12.7 mm MG-53-2 (C)
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Machine gun
Specifications:
Caliber12.7
Muzzle Velocity, m/s1160
Damage52
Rate of Fire, rounds/min800
Weight, kg60
Price:
Purchase price16400
Applicability:Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
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No weapons
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No weapons
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No weapons


Modules

Engine

Engine

Tier Engine Engine Power, hp / Thrust Type Weight, kg Price,
VI Allison V-1710-95 1275 water-cooled 600 60000
Airframe

Airframe

Tier Airframe Survivability Weight, kg Price,
VI XP-55 250 2800 60000
Cowling-mounted weapon

Cowling-mounted weapon

Tier Machine gun Caliber Muzzle Velocity, m/s Damage Rate of Fire, rounds/min Weight, kg Price,
VI 12.7 1160 52 800 60 16400



Historical Info

The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with the Vultee XP-54 and Northrop XP-56, it resulted from United States Army Air Corps proposal R-40C issued on 27 November 1939 for aircraft with improved performance, armament, and pilot visibility over existing fighters; it specifically allowed for unconventional aircraft designs. A highly unusual design for its time, it had a canard configuration, a rear-mounted engine, swept wings, and two vertical tails. Because of its pusher design, it was sarcastically referred to as the "Ass-ender". Like the XP-54, the Ascender was initially designed for the Pratt & Whitney X-1800 engine and had to be redesigned when that engine project was canceled. It was also the first Curtiss fighter aircraft to use tricycle landing gear.


Historical Gallery


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Heavy Fighters VGrumman F5F Skyrocket • VP-38F Lightning • VIP-38J Lightning • VIGrumman XP-50 • VIVultee XP-54 Swoose Goose • VIIGrumman F7F Tigercat • VIIFisher XP-75 Eagle • VIIINorth American F-82E Twin Mustang • VIIIChance-Vought XF5U Pancake • VIIINorth American P-82B Twin Mustang • VIIIXP-58 Chain Lightning • IXMcDonnell F2H Banshee • XXF-90
Attack Aircraft
Fighters
USA IICurtiss P-23 • IICurtiss XP-31 • IIIBrewster F2A-1 Buffalo • IIICurtiss Hawk 75M • IIIBoeing YP-29 • IVSeversky 2PA • IVCurtiss Model 81A-1 • IVCurtiss P-36 Hawk • IVCurtiss P-36C Hawk • IVGrumman XF4F-3 • IVCurtiss XP-36F Hawk • VBell XFL-1 Airabonita • VCurtiss P-40 Warhawk • VBell XP-77 • VChance-Vought XF4U-1 • VIBell P-39N-1 Airacobra • VINorth American P-51A Mustang • VICurtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender • VIINorth American P-51D Mustang • VIIICurtiss XF15C • VIIINorth American P-51H Mustang • VIIIP-80A Shooting Star • IXVought F6U Pirate • IXNorth American FJ-1 Fury • IXMcDonnell XF-85 Goblin • XNorth American F-86A Sabre
UK IIBristol Bulldog • IIIBristol Type 133 • IIIHawker P.V.3 • IIISupermarine Type 224 • IVBristol Type 146 • IVFairey Fantome • IVHawker Hurricane Mk. Ia • VCAC CA-12 Boomerang • VMiles M.20 • VSupermarine Spitfire I • VSupermarine Spitfire Mk Ia • VVickers Venom • VINorth American Mustang Mk.I • VINorth American Mustang IA • VISupermarine Spitfire V • VISupermarine Spitfire Vb IM • VISupermarine Spitfire Vb • VIIGloster Meteor F. I • VIISupermarine Spitfire IX • VIIISupermarine Spitfire XIV • VIIIDe Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.1 • IXSupermarine Attacker • XSupermarine Swift
Germany IIArado Ar 67 • IIArado Ar 68 • IIFocke-Wulf Fw 56 Stosser • IIHeinkel He 51 • IIIArado Ar 80 • IIIFocke-Wulf Fw 159 • IVMesserschmitt Bf 109 B • IVHeinkel He 112 • VMesserschmitt Bf 109 E Emil • VMesserschmitt Bf 109 E-3 • VMesserschmitt Me 209 V4 • VHeinkel He 100 D-1 • VIMesserschmitt Bf 109 F Friedrich • VISupermarine Spitfire V DB 605 • VIIMesserschmitt Bf 109 G Gustav • VIIIMesserschmitt Me 209 A • VIIIHorten Ho 229 • VIIIFocke-Wulf Ta 152 • IXMesserschmitt Me P.1092 • IXFocke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein • XFocke-Wulf Fw 252 • XMesserschmitt Me P.1101
USSR IITsKB I-7 • IIIPolikarpov I-15bis DM-2 • IIIPolikarpov TsKB-12bis • IVPolikarpov I-153 DM-4 • IVPolikarpov I-153P DM-4 • IVPolikarpov I-17 • VPolikarpov I-180-3 • VIlyushin I-21 (TsKB-32) • VLavochkin LaGG-3 • VMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 • VYakovlev Yak-1 • VIMikoyan-Gurevich I-210 • VILavochkin La-5 • VIBell P-39Q-15 Airacobra • VIYakovlev Yak-1M • VIIMikoyan-Gurevich I-220 • VIIKostikov 302 • VIILavochkin La-7 • VIILavochkin La-9RD • VIIYakovlev Yak-3 • VIIYakovlev Yak-3RD • VIIYakovlev Yak-3T • VIIIMikoyan-Gurevich I-250 • VIIILavochkin La-11 • VIIILavochkin La-9 • VIIIYakovlev Yak-15 • IXLavochkin La-160 • IXMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 • IXYakovlev Yak-19 • XLavochkin La-15 • XMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis • XYakovlev Yak-30
China IICurtiss Hawk II • IIIBreda Ba.27 Metallico • IVNakajima Ki-43-Ic • VCurtiss Tomahawk IIb • VIINorth American P-51K Mustang • VIIIShenyang JL-1A-37
Japan IINakajima A4N • IIKawasaki Ki-10 • IIKawasaki Ki-5 • IINakajima Ki-8 • IIIMitsubishi A5M • IIIMitsubishi Ki-18 • IIINakajima Ki-27 • IIIMitsubishi Ki-33 • IVMitsubishi A6M1 Zero • IVNakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa • VMitsubishi A6M2 Zero • VMitsubishi A6M3 (experimental) • VNakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa • VIMitsubishi A6M5 Zero • VIKawasaki Ki-61 Hien • VIKawasaki Ki-88 • VIIMitsubishi A7M Reppu • VIINakajima Ki-84 Hayate • VIIIMitsubishi J8M Shusui • VIIITachikawa Ki-94-II • IXTachikawa Ki-162-I • XTachikawa Ki-162-III
Premium Planes
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UK IIIBristol Blenheim Mk.IV (early mod.) • IIIHawker P.V.3 • IIISupermarine Type 224 • IIICAC CA-1 Wirraway • IVFairey Fantome • IVHawker Hurricane Mk. Ia • VBristol Beaufighter V • VCAC CA-12 Boomerang • VHawker Hurricane IID • VMiles M.20 • VSupermarine Spitfire Mk Ia • VVickers Venom • VINorth American Mustang Mk.I • VINorth American Mustang IA • VISupermarine Spitfire Vb IM • VISupermarine Spitfire Vb • VIIGloster Meteor F. I • VIIISupermarine Seafang F.32 • VIIIDe Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.1
Germany IIArado Ar 67 • IIFieseler Fi 98 • IIFocke-Wulf Fw 56 Stosser • IIHenschel Hs 123 • IIIDornier Do 17 Z-7 Kauz • IIIBlohm und Voss Ha 137 • IIIBlohm und Voss Ha 137 V1 • IIIJunkers Ju 52 • IVArado Ar 197 • IVMesserschmitt Bf 110 C-6 • IVHeinkel He 111 H-2 • IVHenschel Hs 129 А • VMesserschmitt Bf 109 E-3 • VMesserschmitt Me 209 V4 • VHeinkel He 100 D-1 • VMesserschmitt Me 210 • VISupermarine Spitfire V DB 605 • VIIFocke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2 • VIIIMesserschmitt Me 109 TL • VIIIBlohm und Voss BV P.203 • VIIIDornier Do 335 A-1 Pfeil • VIIIHorten Ho 229
USSR ITomashevich LShBD • IIPolikarpov I-5 ShKAS • IITsKB I-7 • IITomashevich Pegasus • IIIKochyerigin BSh-1 • IIIKochyerigin-Yatsenko DI-6i • IIIPolikarpov I-15bis DM-2 • IIIPolikarpov TsKB-12bis • IVPolikarpov I-153 DM-4 • IVPolikarpov I-153P DM-4 • IVPolikarpov I-16 Type 29 • IVBorovkov-Florov I-207/4 • IVLavochkin LaGG-3 series 4 • IVKochyerigin Sh (LBSh) • VPolikarpov I-180-3 • VIlyushin I-21 (TsKB-32) • VIL-2 with rear gunner • VLavochkin LaGG-3 series 34 • VCurtiss P-40 M-105 • VYakovlev Yak-7 M-82 • VIIlyushin IL-1 • VIBell P-39Q-15 Airacobra • VIIKostikov 302 • VIILavochkin La-9RD • VIITupolev Tu-1 • VIIYakovlev Yak-3RD • VIIYakovlev Yak-3T • VIIIMikoyan-Gurevich I-260 • VIIILavochkin La-11 • VIIIMyasishchev RB-17
China IICurtiss Hawk II • IICurtiss Hawk III • IIIBreda Ba.27 Metallico • IVNakajima Ki-43-Ic • VCurtiss Tomahawk IIb • VIDe Havilland 98 Mosquito FB 26 • VIINorth American P-51K Mustang • VIIIIlyushin IL-10M • VIIIShenyang JL-1A-37
Japan IIKawasaki Ki-5 • IINakajima Ki-8 • IIIMitsubishi Ki-18 • IIIMitsubishi Ki-33 • VMitsubishi A6M3 (experimental) • VIKawasaki Ki-88 • VIIMitsubishi J4M Senden • VIITachikawa Ki-94-I • VIIIMitsubishi J8M Shusui
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