The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion. It was developed from Ryan's earlier FR Fireball fighter, replacing that aircraft piston engine with a General Electric T31 turboprop driving a four-bladed Hamilton Standard propeller, while keeping a General Electric J31 turbojet as an auxiliary engine. The turboprop gave much better performance than the Fireball, with a listed top speed of about 497 miles per hour at sea level and a service ceiling above 39,000 feet. Ryan proposed an XF2R-2 with a more powerful Westinghouse J34 turbojet, a squared-off tail and side intakes, but it was cancelled unbuilt because the Navy had abandoned the combination fighter in favour of all-jet fighters. The Dark Shark never progressed beyond prototypes.
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
Design and development, turboprop
replaced the Fireball's piston engine with a General Electric T31 turboprop engine driving a 4-bladed Hamilton Standard propeller
Specifications (XF2R-1), turbojet
Powerplant: 1 × General Electric J31 centrifugal-flow turbojet engine, 1,600 lbf (7.1 kN) thrust
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Although the Dark Shark proved to be a capable aircraft, it never progressed beyond the prototype stage
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
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