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People funding the "retro Revival" aren't using them to go to work or using them for week long vacation trips without chase vehicles.
I do understand that John Lucas is why you drink warm beer though
A lot of questions in a short sentence. A DB 601 powered P-51 would shown scant difference from an Allison powered P-51. Please note there are several model Allison's and several DB 601s so the question does get a little hard to answer.
Pitting the DB 605 vs the two stage Merlin gets a little tricky also. Which DB605? And at what altitude?
Using a DB 605A gets you a very inferior aircraft. Using some other models of the DB 605 gets even or better than even than the Merlin a certain altitudes but not as good at others.
A P-51 with a motorkanone wouldn't be too shabby.
Or a P-40 for that matter.
a 1/2 inch Whitworth spanner round the back of your head.
plenty has been written on the P-51, good bad. no need to rehash here
Obviously you have absorbed all of the bad. Tell me, what plane do you think was all that great.
Real ale is a room temperature beer. To chill it would be a penal offence
That's why the Aussies only like cold beer....
Unless you're riding that bike in the Andes, Himalayas or other similar area, the V-1710 would probably outperform the Merlin
For all you folks stateside who dont talk propers like wots i kan heres a spanner
Whitworth for the win none of that AF or BSC or metric rubbish proper victorian standards
Not if it is a low altitude Mk 66....
For all you folks stateside who dont talk propers like wots i kan heres a spanner
Whitworth for the win none of that AF or BSC or metric rubbish proper victorian standards
In the US, this is what we refer to as a "spanner wrench""
Wrench - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heehee, a "ring spanner"?
We call that a box wrench
Kind of depends on which side your on, the Americans didn't have a 'motorkanone' to fit and the Germans needed the motorkanone because their machineguns were lowpowered.
Would the motorkanone be in addition to the wing guns or instead of?
Wouldn't the Hispano fit the 'motorkannone' role?
The three-cannon Hurricane, Spit, P-40 P-51 does sound right to mePlus, we can skip a P-39 acrobatics to mount the 37mm hopefully. Unfortunately, both Merlin Allison prevented that from happening.