Help identifying twin engine swap meet purchase
11-04-2012, 10:28 AM
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Help identifying twin engine swap meet purchase
Can anyone tell me what plane this is? I bought it at a swap meet for 30 bucks and the seller didn't know muchVoice about it. It looks really cool though with the huge radial cowls. It has no rudders which seems like a problem waiting to happen witha twin, so i will have to do some minor surgery to fix that. Regardless, it looks like a really fun plane to fly. Thanks for any help!
11-04-2012, 11:36 AM
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RE: Help identifying twin engine swap meet purchase
It is a Grumman XP-50 Skyrocket. Only one was ever built. The prototype crashed shortly after takeoff due to an explosion in one of the turbo-superchargers. Project was cancelled shortly after that.
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11-04-2012, 01:08 PM
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RE: Help identifying twin engine swap meet purchase
Thanks for the reply! Just looked it up on wikipedia. I'm thinking about using 2 46ax's on it. Should be a rocket. 
11-08-2012, 09:29 AM
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RE: Help identifying twin engine swap meet purchase
XP-50 - a tricycle gear variant of the XF5F.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_XP-50
Rudders are a bit of a "necessity"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_XP-50
Rudders are a bit of a "necessity"...
