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Boeing XF8B- |
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Aircraft of the U.S. Navy |
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The XF8B- was intended for operation against the Japanese home islands from aircraft carriers outside the range of Japanese land-based aircraft. Designed for various roles including interceptor, long-range escort fighter, dive-bomber and torpedo bomber, the final design embodied a number of innovative features in order to accomplish the various roles. Despite its formidable capabilities, the XF8B-1 was fated to never enter series production.
It was powered by a single 3,000 hp Pratt & Whitney XR-4360-10 four-row 28-cylinder radial engine, driving two three-bladed contra-rotating propellers.
Although testing of the promising XF8B-1 concept continued into 1947 by the U.S. Navy, the end of the war in the Pacific and changing postwar strategy required that Boeing concentrate on building large land-based bombers and transports. |
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Die XF8B- war für den Einsatz gegen die japanischen Hauptinseln von Flugzeugträgern außerhalb der Reichweite der japanischen landgestützten Flugzeugen vorgesehen. Konzipiert für verschiedene Rollen einschließlich Abfangjäger, Langstrecken-Begleitjäger, Sturzbomber und Torpedobomber, das endgültige Design verfügte über eine Reihe von innovativen Funktionen, um die verschiedenen Rollenerfüllen zu können. Trotz der gewaltigen Möglichkeiten, die XF8B-1 bot ging sie nie geben Sie die Serienproduktion. Sie wurde von einem einzelnen 3.000 PS Pratt & Whitney XR-4360-10 vierreihigen 28-Zylinder-Sternmotor angetrieben der zwei gegenläufige Dreiblatt Propeller antrieben. Die Tests des vielversprechenden Konzeptes der XF8B-1 von der U.S. Navy bis 1947 weitergeführt. Das Ende des Krieges im Pazifik und die geänderte Nachkriegsstrategie bei der sich Boeing auf den Bau großer landgestützten Bombern und Transporter beschränke beendeten das Programm. |
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XF8B-1 |
Designation given to two prototypes for Navy evaluation, Model 83 and the former Model 89. |
XF8B-1 |
Bezeichnung für zwei Prototypen des Modells 83 und später Modell 89. |
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