Talk:Chase XCG-20

Wing length
The wingspan seems remarkable, considering this was both a glider and a powered aircraft. Or was the wing geometry changed with the addition of engines? --Piledhigheranddeeper —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.17.70.82 (talk) 22:26, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * To the best of my knowledge, the only change to the XCG-20 to turn it into the XC-123 was the addition of engines - the C-123's fuel tanks were even mounted inside the nacelles (and were jettisonable in case of fire -!). I assume the XC-123A with its jets had internal fuel tanks (in the cargo hold?), but the airframe itself was unchanged in any significant fashion. (To the point where one source claims "every C-123 built had provision for a tow hook mounted in the nose"!). - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 22:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)