The Douglas XT-30 was a proposed American military
advanced trainer. It was never built.
Design and development
Intended to replace the
North American T-6 Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air force ...
, the XT-30 was designed in 1948 for a
United States Air Force
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competition. The design had an
Wright R-1300
The Wright R-1300 Cyclone 7 is an American air-cooled seven-cylinder supercharged radial aircraft engine produced by Curtiss-Wright.
Design and development
The R-1300 is basically a single row Wright R-2600. The engine was mass-produced but n ...
radial
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Mathematics and Direction
* Vector (geometric), a line
* Radius, adjective form of
* Radial distance, a directional coordinate in a polar coordinate system
* Radial set
* A bearing f ...
mounted
amidships
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behind the
cockpit (in the fashion of the
P-39
The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat. The P-39 was used by the ...
), in a rather squared-off fuselage. The R-1300 drove a three-bladed
propeller by way of an extension shaft (
driveshaft
A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power and torque and rotation, usually used to connec ...
). The XT-30 design seated pilot and pupil in tandem, under a framed greenhouse canopy and had a straight low wing.
Competing against the
North American T-28 Trojan
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, ...
, the more complex XT-30 was not selected for production and none were built.
[Francillon, p.714.]
Specifications (projected)
See also
*
North American T-28 Trojan
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, ...
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Francillon, René J. ''McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920''. London : Putnam, 1979.
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Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States
T-030
Mid-engined aircraft