page_title: Curtiss XP-46
section_title: Specifications (Curtiss XP-46A)
hierarchical_section_title: Curtiss XP-46 / Specifications (Curtiss XP-46A)
caption_attribution_description: English: Curtiss XP-46
context_page_description: The Curtiss XP-46 was a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft. It was a development of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in an effort to introduce the best features found in European fighter aircraft in 1939 into a fighter aircraft which could succeed the Curtiss P-40, then in production.
context_section_description: Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
  Wingspan: 34 ft 3.75 in (10.4585 m)
  Height: 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m)
  Wing area: 208 sq ft (19.3 m²)
  Airfoil: root: NACA 23016.5; tip: NACA 23009
  Empty weight: 5,625 lb (2,551 kg)
  Gross weight: 7,665 lb (3,477 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Allison V-1710-39 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,150 hp (860 kW)
  Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 355 mph (571 km/h, 308 kn) at 12,200 ft (3,700 m)
  Range: 325 mi (523 km, 282 nmi)
  Time to altitude: 12,300 ft (3,700 m) in 5 minutes
  Armament
  Guns: 
  2 × 0.50 in (13 mm) synchronized machine guns in the forward fuselage
  Provision for 8 × 0.30 in (7.6 mm) wing-mounted guns
caption: XP-46 side view
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