Sikorsky XSS

XSS

XSS-2
Role	Naval scout flying boat Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Sikorsky Aircraft
First flight	1933
Primary user	United States Navy
Number built	1

The Sikorsky XSS was an American two-seat amphibious flying boat built by Sikorsky Aircraft for evaluation by the United States Navy in 1933, for carrier-borne and/or catapult-launched scouting duties.

Design and development

The XSS-1 was powered by a 550 hp (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340D Wasp engine in a strut-mounted pod above the center-section of the high-mounted gull-wing, forward of the cockpit which was aft of the wing.^[1]^[2]

References

Citations

^ Andrade 1979, p. 202
^ Eckland, K.O. (2009-04-26). "Sikorsky aircraft". USA: Aerofiles.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sikorsky XSS.

Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
Eckland, K.O. "Sikorsky aircraft". USA: Aerofiles.com. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

Sikorsky aircraft

Fixed-wing aircraft
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S-1
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Fixed-wing aircraft
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Helicopters
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USN scout aircraft designations

Scout

Aeromarine	AS
Curtiss	CS S2C S3C S4C SC³
Dayton-Wright	SDW
Bellanca	SE
Edo Aircraft	SE² S2E
Grumman	SF
Great Lakes	SG
Handley Page	HPS
Loening	SL S2L
Martin	MS
Sikorsky	SS
Vought	SU
Cox-Klemin	XS

Scout Bomber

Brewster	SBA SB2A
Curtiss-Wright	SBC SB2C SB3C
Douglas	SBD SB2D
Grumman	SBF
Fairchild	SBF
Naval Aircraft Factory	SBN
Vought	SBU SB2U SB3U
Canadian Car and Foundry	SBW