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Always liked the pusher configuration for a prop fighter. Would have preferred an air cooled radial with a cooling fan. Tricycle landing gear, unimpeded nose armament, big fuel tank in the fuselage and also room in the wings, pilot forward with improved visibility. Flying wing, twin boom or canard. Not to be.
Somewhat similar. Hopefully a bit more stable.Such as the Northrup XP-56 "Black Bullet"?
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You mean, the KYUSHU 'Shinden'!Always liked the pusher configuration for a prop fighter. Would have preferred an air cooled radial with a cooling fan. Tricycle landing gear, unimpeded nose armament, big fuel tank in the fuselage and also room in the wings, pilot forward with improved visibility. Flying wing, twin boom or canard. Not to be.
Agree. The B-36 had pusher propellers. Propeller in the rear means the plane is not flying through it's own propwash. More efficient. Then the jet engine quickly made all this moot.You mean, the KYUSHU 'Shinden'!
Like you, I've always staunchly advocated the pusher as the most sensible configuration for a fighter. Do we put a jet engine at the front of today's fighters? "NO!" -thrust from the rear works just fine. And that's the thing about the XP55 at least. Except for minor prototypical tweaks it largely demonstrated either equivalent and, in some combat modes, superior flight/handling characteristics thus demolishing the myth that there is something 'wrong' with the pusher design.
...or F.O.'s thrown up by the wheels upon take-off and landing.I was told by a pilot who had flown a twin pusher that it was quite discomforting when ice from the wing goes through the props and is slung into the fuselage.
quite discomforting when ice from the wing goes through the props and is slung into the fuselage.
But these are pullers, right? So the ice thing will happen with pullers and pushers.Happens all the time on multi-engine turboprops. The big patch on the fuselage is an ice guard. During winter, chunks of ice penetrate the guards, which are made of fibre, and dent the fuselage.
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But these are pullers, right? So the ice thing will happen with pullers and pushers.