Consolidated-Vultee XP-81 mixed-propulsion fighter

[Triton]

Photograph of Convair XP-81 found on eBay.

Source: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-ORIGINAL-CONVAIR-PHOTO-XP-81-JET-PROP-FIGHTER-/310242780692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

Source:

OTTO MENGE photo of XP-81 #44-1000! Even rarer that I first thought because this is the first only TWO Convair XP-81s built by Consolidated Vultee. The aircraft had a turboprop engine in the nose and a GE J33 jet engine in the rear of the fuselage. The XP-81 made its first flight using only the jet engine on 2-7-1945 and it's first flight with the turboprop on 12-21-4. Frank Davis, later GD's president, made the first flight.

 

[Triton]

Another photograph of Convair XP-81 found on eBay.

URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-ORIGINAL-CONVAIR-PHOTO-XP-81-JET-PROP-FIGHTER-/260653210506?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

 

[Steve Pace]

After the planned TG100 was put in the nose...

SP

 

[fightingirish]

SDASM Archives
Ray Wagner Collection Image
PictionID:42975797
Catalog:16_003290
Title:Convair XP-81 10/27/50
Filename:16_003290.tif


Ray Wagner was Archivist at the San Diego Air and Space Museum for several years and is an author of several books on aviation.

Source: https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=xp81

 

[blackkite]

Hi! Packard engine model.

Consolidated Vultee XP-81

The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 was a prototype mixed power fighter developed in late 1943 by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in order to meet an Army Air Force requirement calling for a…

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[blackkite]

Hi!
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/picture-of-the-day-miscellaneous.45716/page-92
Please take care air intake position for the aft engine that different from actual aircraft.
http://www.griffinaerospace.com/Experimental-Aircraft.html

 

[hesham]

Please read this,very strange,

XP-81 (British Engines) – Unofficial variant proposed by Consolidated Vultee some time in 1949/1950 calling for the revival of the XP-81 project using British Armstrong-Siddeley Double Mamba turboprop producing 4,000 hp and a Rolls-Royce R.B 41 jet engine producing 6,250 lb (2,835 kg) of thrust replacing original engines. This new variant would be used as a ground attacker that would be solely used for export. This proposal never saw any development and was thus discarded.

Consolidated Vultee XP-81

The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 was a prototype mixed power fighter developed in late 1943 by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in order to meet an Army Air Force requirement calling for a…

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