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Have any favorite concept aircraft that never made it into mass production that you sure wish had made it? Here are mine.

North American XB-28
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that Vega built B-17 with the Allisons was a BEATIFUL aircraft!

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The design of the B-17 engine nacelles perfectly matches the shape of the fuselage. They ALL should have looked like that, aesthetically speaking of course! :lol: It really is beautiful.
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I have a sweet spot for the Grumman XF5F Skyrocket. It just looks mean!

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P-40Q, B-32, XP-55 are the first to come to mind.

The YB-49 is cool, but I prefer the XB-35... Love all those props out back...

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The Hughes XF-11 with normal props. I bet at speed and altitude that thing just sang.
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All those mentioned are high on my list, but I'm a complete sucker for the BTD-1. If the one in New York State ever disappears, you'll all know who finally cracked.

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/f45.jpg

I figure the TBY doesn't meet the parameters since the assembly line cranked out 180 of them before getting the axe.

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The Beech XA-38 Grizzly has always been one of my favorites.
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I've always liked the Curtiss XP-62. :D :shock:

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I dare someone to say "P-75 Eagle". :D
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The NA B-28 is also one of my favorites. Would enjoy the He-280 as well, also the B-46.

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Since the XF-11 was already taken I'll go with the XB-46 for jets and the XR-12 for props. Each one graceful in its own way.

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The X-B 38 is beautiful. I have never even seen a photo of one. Are those Alisons in there? Why didn't it go into production? It must have been faster than with the radials. Was it because they couldn't make the inline V-12s leak enough oil?

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I have a sweet spot for the Grumman XF5F Skyrocket. It just looks mean!

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The X-B 38 is beautiful. I have never even seen a photo of one. Are those Alisons in there? Why didn't it go into production? It must have been faster than with the radials. Was it because they couldn't make the inline V-12s leak enough oil?


Yeah I heard it was very confusing for the Being mechanics because they always went by the rule if it doesn't leak there must not be any oil in it. :lol:

It had Allison V-1710-89 engines. The main ideas behind the concept were to improve performance and to show proof of concept for alternate engines in the case that the R-1820 production couldn't keep up. The aircraft number 3 engine caught fire on it's ninth flight June 16, 1943, the crew bailed out and the aircraft was of course destroyed. The concept was abandoned since at that time V-1710 factories were consumed with producing engines for other applications.

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