Competition of the XF2A-1, XF4F-1

[nugo]

Hi All!
I looked at the archives: The Giuseppe M. Bellanca Collection (National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division)
(http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/bellanca/gmb_print.html)
and I found these documents:
Bellanca Model 22-80 (Alternate), VF Proposal - Biplane
VF Airplane, Low Wing, Bellanca Model 22-80
Bellanca Model 23-80, VF Proposal (High Wing)
VF Airplane (Biplane), Model 23-80
and I included these projects in the competition, then built the XF2A-1 and the XF4F-2.
Means so: 1) Brewster Model P-3---XF2A-1
2) Bellanca Model 22-80... and Model 23-80...(proposals)
3) Curtiss, version of the Model 75 or ? (proposal)
4) Grumman Model 16/XF4F-1(biplane proposal)....Model 18---XF4F-2
5) Seversky Model NF-1 (privately built)
and 6) Vought Model 139 (proposal)


Interesting what you say about the views.

 

[lancer21]

Unless i missed it, i've never seen here or anywhere else a drawing of the XF4F-1, but i just found this on the web for what it's worth.

Grumman F4F Wildcat

 

[jcf]

Unless i missed it, i've never seen here or anywhere else a drawing of the XF4F-1, but i just found this on the web for what it's worth.

Grumman F4F Wildcat

The drawing is from U.S. Naval Fighters: Navy/Marine Corps 1922 to 1980s, Lloyd S. Jones, 1977 Aero Publishers Inc.
It's on pg.156 of the hardbound 1st edition.

 

[hesham]

3) Curtiss, version of the Model 75 or ? (proposal)

My dear Nugo,

I think the Curtiss Model-78 was the proposal.

 

[Apophenia]

My dear Nugo,

I think the Curtiss Model-78 was the proposal.

hesham: You had previously suggested that the Curtiss Model 78 had been submitted for the Feb 1938 competition which resulted in the Vought XF4U. -- https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/curtiss-aircraft-list.1643/#post-68349

The Model 78 has been described as a "Single-seat midwing pursuit proposal". But the USN didn't use the term "pursuit". So, regardless of which contest, why are we assuming that the Model 78 was a naval fighter?