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Tucker XP-57

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Canceled fighter aircraft project

Tucker XP-57 "Peashooter"

General information
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	Tucker Aviation Corporation
Designer	Preston Tucker
Status	Cancelled
Number built	None

Tucker XP-57 was the designation of a lightweight fighter which was proposed to theUnited States Army Air Corps (USAAC) in 1940. Nicknamed the "Peashooter", it was developed by theTucker Aviation Corporation under Preston Tucker, who later became famous for theTucker '48 Sedan.

To minimize weight, the aircraft was to have a steel tubular frame withaluminum skin andplywood wings. The inline-8 engine, designed byHarry Miller of Indy 500 racing fame, was to sit behind the pilot in a configuration similar to theP-39 Airacobra. The USAAC ordered an XP-57 prototype. When design was delayed due to financial problems in the company, the contract was allowed to lapse. No production aircraft was built because the USAAC was moving towards larger fighters and had lost interest in the project.

Prototype specifications (XP-57)

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General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)
Wingspan: 28 ft 5 in (8.7 m)
Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.4 m)
Wing area: 120 sq ft (11.1 m²)
Empty weight: 3,400 lb (1,542 kg)
Powerplant: 1 ×Miller L-510 8-cylinder inline mounted at center behind pilot. Double propellers. , 720 hp (537 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 308 mph (495 km/h, 268 kn)
Range: 600 mi (960 km, 520 nmi)

Armament

3x 0.50 cal (12.7 mm)machine guns
1x 0.50 cal machine gun and 2× 20 mm cannon

References

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The Official Web Site of National Museum of the USAF, Tucker XP-57 at theWayback Machine (archived October 2, 2012)
American Combat Planes, Ray Wagner, Third Enlarged Edition, Doubleday, 1982.
The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion Books, 1987.

USAAS/USAAC/USAAF/USAF fighter designations 1924–1962, andTri-Service post-1962 systems

1924 sequences
(1924–1962)

Pursuit (1924–1948)	P-1 P-2 P-3 P-4³ Curtiss P-4 Boeing P-4 P-5 P-6 P-7 P-8 P-9 P-10 P-11 P-12 P-13 P-14 P-15 P-16 P-17 P-18 P-19 P-20 P-21 P-22 P-23 P-24 P-25 P-26 P-27 P-28 P-29 P-30 P-31 P-32 P-33 P-34 P-35 P-36 P-37 P-38 P-39 P-39E P-40 P-41 P-42 P-43 P-44 P-45 P-46 P-47 P-48 P-49 P-50 P-51 P-52 P-53 P-54 P-55 P-56 P-57 P-58 P-59³ XP-59 P-59 P-60 P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64 P-65 P-66 P-67 P-68 P-69 P-70 P-71 P-72 P-73² P-74¹ P-75 P-76 P-77 P-78 P-79 P-80 P-81 P-82 P-83 P-84 P-85 P-86 P-87 P-88 P-89 P-90 P-91 P-92
Fighter (1948–1962)	F-38 F-39 F-40 F-47 F-51 F-59 F-61 RF-61C F-63 F-80 F-81 F-82 F-83 F-84 F-84F/J F-84H F-85 F-86 F-86C F-86D/G/K/L F-87 F-88 F-89 F-90 F-91 F-92 F-93 F-94 F-95 F-96 F-97 F-98 F-99 F-100 F-100B F-101 F-102 F-102B F-103 F-104 XF-104 F-104S NF-104A F-105 F-106³ XF-106 F-106 F-107 F-108 F-109² F-110 F-111 F-111B F-111C F-111K AFTI/F-111A EF-111A
Pursuit, biplace	PB-1 PB-2 PB-3
Fighter, multiplace	FM-1 FM-2
Non-sequential	F-24 P-322 P-400

Tri-service sequence
(1962–present)

Main sequence	F-1 F-1C/D F-1E/F F-2 F-3 F-4 F-4J(UK)/K/M F-5 F-5G F-6 F-7 F-8 F-8E(FN) F-9 F-9F–J F-10 F-11 F-12 F-12C² F-13¹ F-14 F-15 F-15E F-15EX F-15J F-15 STOL/MTD F-16 F-16XL NF-16D F-17 F/A-18 F/A-18E/F EA-18G F-19¹ F-20 F-21 F-22 YF-22 FB-22 F-23
Non-sequential	F-35 F-47 F-117

Covert designations

Related designations

¹ Not assigned • ² Unofficial • ³ Assigned to multiple types
See also: "F-19" • X-32 • X-35 • 1919–1924 sequence

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