WWII main menu

American WWII's aircraft

QUICK LINKS

Bell XP-77

The XP-77 was an unsuccesful attempt to built an extremely light-weight fighter of non-strategic materials. Performance was far below expectations, partly because the planned supercharged version of the V-770 engine was not available. The completion of the first aircraft took nearly two years by which time the aircraft was no longer needed. However, two aircraft were completed for test purposes in 1944. Finally there was no shortage of aluminium, and better fighters were already in service.

General characteristics XP-77
Primary function	Fighter
Power plant	One Ranger XV-770-7 engine
Thrust	510 HP		380 kW
Wingspan	27.5 ft		8.39 m
Length	22.9 ft		6.98 m
Height	8.2 ft		2.49 m
Wingarea	100 sq ft		9.29 sq m
Weight	empty	2,857 lb	1,296 kg
	max.	4,032 lb	1,829 kg
Max. speed	330 mph		531 km/h
Ceiling	30,184 ft		9,200 m
Max. range	550 miles		885 km
Armament	2x 12.7mm machine gun, 1x 148 kg bomb
Crew	One
Date deployed	1944
Number built	2

Jirka Wagner (If you find some photo, send it to me, please)