Recent content by m37b1

"Two different things isn't it"? Yup - But, without establishing the first, the conversation was moot. A 600hp RD-1820 would be a non-starter. However, a 1400hp RD-1820 would be something worth investigating. "What is overlooked or glossed over is the peak cylinder pressures in a diesel...

Okay - I think we can all agree with Shortround6, that you can't pull engines out of tanks and bolt them on aircraft wings. So . . . Back to the point - We've established the reliable HP per cubic inch capacity of modern diesels is in the area of 1 hp/cu. So, can that tech be applied to...

Good topic! I'd say the biggest change would be in the electronics available today. If had the money, I'd love to do a diesel conversion to a P&W R2800 Not really a good option for aero usage back in the day. Purely mechanical diesels were limited to about 1/3rd hp per CU. You could add...

Mustang mayhem - MONEY - recordnet.com - Stockton, CA I guess this is the fall-out from losing to PepBoys.

I added the correct link. Provides some detail.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4677229/ns/business-autos/t/ford-cant-use-futura-new-sedan/#.U_5qhDKwJ0U Interesting case along these lines. Edited with correct, link.

Man! That plane looks good from any angle!

Nice job! I'll need to draw a family tree for the Curtiss efforts.

That's an XP-40N. Standard P-40 with experimental bubble canopy. This was also included on the Q.

P-60x was really just an evolution of the P-40, so - If the early fighters, P-39, P-40 and P-38 (to a lesser extent) were given the same sense of urgency for improvement/evolution, that types like the Spit and Bf109 had, you'd have: P-63: In USAAF service, Maybe with Merlin power. (Any...

What would it take to convert one back to the original inverted DB config?

At one time, I was a member of the Geneseo War Plane Museum. (Now defunct). I used to spend weekends there, working on engines and helping with airframes. They had an old P-40 fuselage, wings and tail. Not much else. Being that I was young and ambitious, I planned to rebuild it to flyable...

Wow! Go away for a week and this happens! My two cents - P40 lineage is very much like it's contemporaries mentioned here. The Q would have been a significant change, but very much doable. Somewhat like the revision of the Bf-109E to Bf-109F. Or the single stage Merlin Spit to the two...

Performance most likely would have been similar to the V-1710-121 powered XP-40Q.

Definite video game feel. Something I can overlook if the story is good and they don't get ridiculous. That's my biggest beef with CGI. Not the game-like image quality, but the stupid action/stunts they put in films nowadays. It used to be, a stunt-man/stunt-driver/actor, actually had to...