Would Consolidated have pursued a single-seat development of the P-30, but built on Bell's experience converting the A-11 to the XA-11A testbed for the Allison, to replace the increasingly obsolete Curtiss Conqueror? Given the relationship between the two companies (Bell took over much of Consolidated's plant in Buffalo, and the people who stayed behind, when Rueben Fleet moved Consolidated to San Diego) and that Larry Bell was Consolidated COO before the move, I could see them exchanging information.