The Douglas XP-48 was a small, lightweight fighter aircraft , designed by Douglas Aircraft in 1939 for evaluation by the U.S. Army Air Corps . Intended to be powered by a small inline piston engine , the contract was cancelled before a prototype could be constructed, due to the Army's concerns about the projected performance of the aircraft.
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21-420: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Douglas XP-48 In the years before the outbreak of World War II , a number of countries became intrigued by the idea of developing a very light fighter aircraft, with these proposals often being derived from the design of racing aircraft . Following the consideration of a modified French Caudron racer by
28-480: The U.S. Army Air Corps, a proposition that was considered uneconomical, Douglas Aircraft made an unsolicited proposal to the Army Air Corps of their Model 312 design in 1939. Intended to be powered by a Ranger XV-770 inverted V-12 engine equipped with a supercharger , Douglas' proposal was considered worth pursuing by the Army Air Corps, and on 5 August 1939 a single prototype was ordered. The Model 312
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42-706: Was given the Army designation XP-48, the 48th aircraft type in the Pursuit category. Closely resembling the later Bell XP-77 , the design of the XP-48 featured a wing of remarkably high aspect ratio , and was equipped with a pair of synchronized machine guns for armament, Douglas touted the XP-48 as offering outstanding performance, with a top speed of at least 350 miles per hour (560 km/h), and, according to Douglas' estimates, possibly as high as 525 miles per hour (845 km/h). However, this very aspect of its design
49-455: Was regarded with suspicion by the Army Air Corps. The Ranger engine was suffering from development difficulties and delays and would never prove truly reliable. At the same time, Douglas' performance estimates became increasingly regarded as being over-optimistic. Accordingly, in February 1940 the Army cancelled the XP-48 contract, and without government funding Douglas ceased development of
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