Best mass produced postwar single engine piston fighter?
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
No more than the Royal or Republic planes from what I've seen...
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Gravity does seem to be an elastic force depending on which side of the argument your on.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Weren't Luftwaffe techs working on manipulating gravity?
buffnut453
Captain
No, that's a myth. It originates from confusion of U.S. technical staff reading German operating manuals because the latter referred to metric gravity whereas the U.S. staff were accustomed to U.S. Imperial gravity. Since the numbers associated with the latter are considerably larger, the Americans were initially worried that the Germans had created lighter gravity...until some kindly Brit pointed out the different units of measure and everyone Calmed Down and Carried On.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
The things one learns here.
special ed
1st Sergeant
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The Peter Three Nine seems less affected by gravity, metric or imperial.
buffnut453
Captain
Careful...that's the Voldemort aircraft (the one that shall not be mentioned!).
buffnut453
Captain
"Learn" is such a strong word...particularly for ANYTHING I write.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Perhaps this will refresh your memory.
That's just a certain artist/corporals impression of his own bell end
F-51 manual indicate that it can operate at 90hg based on HP value, but the speed is pretty slow though
Shortround6
Major General
467-470mph is slow?????
I mean it is slow compared to this:
F-51H manual chart show it to be roughly similar to F4U-5
I did noticed that, however the result still very different after conversion
In the P-51H color chart
At 25000 ft P-51H can reach 482 MPH
At 21000 ft P-51H can reach 467.5 MPH
In the F-51H manual chart
At 25000 ft, F-51H can reach 406 knots = 467 MPH
At 21000 ft, F-51H can reach 404 Knots = 464 MPH
the altitude where they reach their top speed is also very different, F-51H chart show that top speed is reached at around 21K-22K feet while the color P-51H chart show top speed is reached at around 25k ft
Shortround6
Major General
You do realize that the speed difference is about what might be expected between two different production examples?
Production planes were accepted if they were within a certain percentage of contract speed.
The difference at 21,000ft is well within expected (or accepted) instrument error.
used aircraft were almost always slower than factory fresh. Mustangs were especially subject to this as the factory fit and finish was better than many other aircraft.
Production planes were accepted if they were within a certain percentage of contract speed.
The difference at 21,000ft is well within expected (or accepted) instrument error.
used aircraft were almost always slower than factory fresh. Mustangs were especially subject to this as the factory fit and finish was better than many other aircraft.
What are the different between P-51H and F-51H?
I believe that it takes less paint to paint the letter "F" than the letter "P", hence the plane should be lighter.
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