| XFG, XF2G | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Fighter |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company |
| Primary user | United States Navy |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1927 |
TheEberhart XFG was an American single-seat experimental ship-bornebiplanefighter aircraft developed for theUnited States Navy in 1927 by theEberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company. The sole prototype was rebuilt into theXF2G with the addition of a singlefloat and a different engine, but the aircraft was destroyed in a crash in 1928, and the type did not enter production.
The Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company produced its first original plane in 1927—the XFG—as a shipboard fighter for the U.S. Navy. It was of welded steel tube anddural construction with fabric skinning. An unusual feature was the application of sweepback to the upper mainplane and forward sweep to the lower.
The soleXFG-1 prototype,bureau numberA7944,[1] was tested by theUnited States Navy in late 1927, and was returned to Eberhart, where it was reconstructed as the XF2G with the addition of a singlefloat[2] and a new 400 hp (300 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340-D engine. TheXF2G-1[N 1] prototype was sent back to the Navy for testing atAnacostia in January 1928, but in March 1928, the plane crashed during trials and was destroyed.[1][3] No further production ensued.
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