Curtiss XBTC-2 "Eggbeater"

by Bob Kowalski

Curtiss Model 98 XBTC-2 was designed because of a request for a single seat dive/torpedo bomber in 1942. A Wright R 3350 with a four bladed prop should power the -1, a P&W R-4360 with 3-bladed contra props the -2. Work on both variants was slow, to other commitments and stability problems were encountered during wind tunnel testing. The -2 was first flown on January 20 1945, and all work on the -1 was terminated after 1943. The crash of the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942612779
• ISBN13: 9780942612776
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Ginter Books
• Length: 41 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"