09/30/2014. Remarks by
Johan Visschedijk: "Conceived as a simplified lightweight single-seat fighter employing "non-strategic" materials, the XP-77 was of wooden construction and was powered by a 670 hp Ranger XV-770-7 twelve-cylinder air-cooled inverted V-engine. Armament comprised two fuselage-mounted 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2 machine guns and a single bomb of up to 300 lb (136 kg) weight, or a 325 lb (147 kg) depth charge. The first of two XP-77s (s/n
43-34915, 43-34916, four others were canceled) was flown on April 1, 1944, six months behind schedule. The aircraft was extensively tested by the USAAF and found to be inferior than the fighter aircraft then in production, hence the development contract was canceled in the following December."
