The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, company designation CW-24, was a United States prototype fighter of the 1940s with an unusual canard layout, a rear-mounted engine driving a pusher propeller and two vertical tails at the ends of swept wings. It answered Army Air Corps proposal R-40C of 27 November 1939, which allowed unconventional designs, alongside the Vultee XP-54 and Northrop XP-56. Curtiss-Wright first built a flying full-scale mockup, the CW-24B, and on 10 July 1942 the Army ordered three XP-55 prototypes, which used the Allison V-1710 after the planned Pratt and Whitney X-1800 engine was cancelled. The Ascender first flew on 19 July 1943 and was the first Curtiss fighter with tricycle landing gear, but testing showed it was inferior to conventional fighters and development was cancelled.
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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright.
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the 1,000 hp (750 kW) Allison V-1710 (F16) liquid-cooled inline engine
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The aircraft made its first flight on 19 July 1943
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Development of the Ascender was cancelled when testing revealed it to be inferior to conventional fighter aircraft
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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright.
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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright.
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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright.
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The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright.
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