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Curtiss P-55 Ascender (Read 1068 times)

Dec 21^st, 2007 at 1:02pm

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Isn't this plane a direct rip-off of the Japanese Shinden? There is no way that these two could not be related, but in nothing I have read is there any mention that Curtiss used any Japanese technology in it. The planes look almost identical... Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Dec 21^st, 2007 at 1:09pm

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kevin wrote on Dec 21^st, 2007 at 1:02pm:

That's probably as the XP-55 concept and its development (proof of concept) aircraft types predate the Shinden. Both the Americans and the British were working on canard concepts from the late 30s and early 40s.

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Reply #2 - Dec 22^nd, 2007 at 11:25pm

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The model for the XP-55 was first tested in a wind tunnel in 1940. The Shinden was conceived three years later. the first XP-55, after the prototype, flew in 1943. the Shinden made its first flight in 1945.
So I doubt the US ripped off Japan, there. Probably the other way around.
But it's possible that nobody stole any ideas from anyone else, because a lot of the distinctive design elements are more or less necessary when you build a high-speed prop pusher to military specs.

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Reply #3 - Mar 9^th, 2008 at 3:25am

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i remember when i was playing "ACES over Europe" by sierra many years ago as a young, rookie sim fighter pilot.

My trusty Corsair had made short work of a few zeros... but then i made contact with another flight of bandits. It was the Shinden!

having never seen or heard of a Shinden before when the target rolled and gave me a good profile view i fired a deflection shot at him... but i was leading the target the wrong way!

"WHAT!" i said "THAT ZERO IS FLYING BACKWARDS!!" Angry

I remember closing in on the weird aircraft, taking a good look at him, and then blasting him out of the sky. Grin

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