The Curtiss XP-10 was an experimental biplane fighter that Curtiss developed for the United States Army Air Corps and that was rejected after it missed performance targets and suffered cooling problems. Ordered on 18 June 1928, it was meant to win dogfights and used a gull-wing upper wing joined at the fuselage for better pilot visibility and lower drag, plywood-covered wings and a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage. A 600 hp Curtiss V-1570-15 Conqueror water-cooled V12 drove it, cooled by a corrugated brass radiator built into the upper wing, which was vulnerable to gunfire. Delivered in August 1928 and first flown that September, it was slightly faster than the P-6 Hawk but climbed worse.
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was an American experimental biplane fighter developed by Curtiss
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was an American experimental biplane fighter developed by Curtiss
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Delivered to the Army Air Corps in August 1928, the XP-10 first flew in September.
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was an American experimental biplane fighter developed by Curtiss
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600 hp (447 kW) Curtiss V-1570-15 Conqueror water-cooled V12 engine
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led to the project being abandoned
Design and development, power
600 hp (447 kW) Curtiss V-1570-15 Conqueror water-cooled V12 engine
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