Republic AP-12 Rocket

[Justo Miranda]

Report No.92
Date 4-10-40

 

[hesham]

Hi,

it was powered by Allison engine.

 

[Wurger]

Hi,

the engine ressembles the Wright R-2160 Tornado, a liquid-cooled 42 cylinder radial. It was proposed to the AP-18, who would happear as the XP-69. It also had the engine mounted behind the pilot, driving contra-rotating propellers. Seem familiar?

 

[Abraham Gubler]

It looks like the Almen A-4 barrel engine using opposed pistons driving a swashplate.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=808

 

[robunos]

from 'the Thunder Factory', joshua stoff, pages 39-40:-

'Republic's AP-10 (the _original_P-47, not the 'Jug')...would be powered by the 1,150hp Allison V-1710-39;...
Republic also proposed a similar but more advanced version, the AP-12 Rocket...which featured a buried Allison engine driving two contra-rotating propellors...'

though i agree, the picture posted shows an engine that doesn't look like a vee type engine, too many exhaust pipes.

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Pyrrhic victory]

Same two pictures previously posted, higher quality.

 

[Steve Pace]

Anyone have other data/images of this?

 

[Apophenia]

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3443.0

 

[SpudmanWP]

Here is a valid link to the SP thread

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/republic-ap-12.3443/