Bell XP-77 Lightweight Fighter & Proposed Successor

[jzichek]

Check out this article reproducing a Bell report on the XP-77 wooden lightweight fighter project and a proposed successor at RetroMechanix.com:





The report provides an excellent history of this unusual fighter prototype up to mid-1944, one of the best summaries I've come across. The end of the document also features a proposal for an improved all-metal version with a turbosupercharger and a bubble canopy, as shown immediately above. The accompanying gallery features 37 images, including several high resolution photos and drawings. It's great reference material for modeling both the XP-77 and the improved version that never left the drawing board!

-Jared

[sequoiaranger]

The plane is TINY!

I *USED TO HAVE* a 1/48 version that I was going to scale-o-rama into a "successor" 1/72 aircraft (I liked the shape of the aircraf). Never did, and now the kit has been long sold off.

The *IDEA* is good, though!