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Role | Naval scout flying boat |
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.
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]
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