Pushers

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/03/2015 at 10:15 • Filed to: planelopnik

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A couple of pushers from WWII. Neither was successful.

Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender

Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 10:20

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My mother warned me about pushers

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 10:27

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Then, of course, you have the Dornier Do 335. A bit of everything.

pauljones > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 10:34

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Something about bailing out of a pusher-prop fighter seems somewhat intimidating, and potentially fruitless. I'm not sure what.

Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/03/2015 at 10:35

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I can see problems here, not the least of which is that the pilot is sitting directly in front of the Kraftstoff Hauptbehalter and has an engine with doubtful cooling directly behind that just to keep it warm.

Rock Bottom > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 10:37

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Saab 21!

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/03/2015 at 10:38

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I thought of that last night when I scheduled this post. I thought of following up with "push-me-pull-you". They've got one of these at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. It's one of my favorite planes. Inverted 12s FTW.

ttyymmnn > Rock Bottom 03/03/2015 at 10:38

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That's a new one for me. Neat.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pauljones 03/03/2015 at 10:48

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Best plan - carry a hand grenade to shred the prop with. I kid, but blow-away rotors have been used on helicopters in the past. In this case, if you had any time whatsoever, hopefully you'd be able to feather the prop - I'm taking as an article of faith that these had variable pitch, which they may not have.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/03/2015 at 10:52

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Just needs a couple of jet engines hanging off the wings!

Grindintosecond > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 10:52

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they have the ONLY one left there...the only survivor. That place is so special. It has not oneof tjose famous planes they have THAT famous plane.

ttyymmnn > Grindintosecond 03/03/2015 at 10:56

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I've said that numerous times. For example, they don't have a B-29 painted like the Enola Gay, they have THE Enola Gay. I've got a bunch of pictures from my last trip there if you want to check them out.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/national-aviat…

DrJohannVegas > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/03/2015 at 11:04

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The Ascender did have a propeller jettison control for use in event of a bailout.

ttyymmnn > Grindintosecond 03/03/2015 at 11:17

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It wasn't until you mentioned it here that I learned it's the only one left in the world. Wow.

and 100 more > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 11:17

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"Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender"

Was "Ascender" a clever way to clean up the phrase "ass-ender"?

ttyymmnn > and 100 more 03/03/2015 at 11:30

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Hah! I doubt it, but you never know. The trouble was, though, that the XP-55 did a bit more descending than ascending. The original prototype, the CW-24, looked like something out of a Flash Gordon movie.

and 100 more > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 11:44

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No kidding, it's a beautiful design. Too bad they couldn't work out the gremlins.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > ttyymmnn 03/03/2015 at 19:00

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Canards never fail to be awesome, also love the vertical stabilizers integrated into the wings. I can't believe I've never heard of this thing, so ahead of it's time.

It's like a steampunk Starship.

ttyymmnn > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 03/03/2015 at 19:22

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The Starship is such a beautiful aircraft. It's a shame they weren't more successful.