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I knew there was a reason I liked you! Madness, one of my all-time favourite bands. Saw them live in Birmingham (NOT Alabama) in 2004. Fantastic concert - place was rocking!
This was huge but the bigger and more costly change was moving the wing to accommodate change in static margin due to CG shift.Gentlemen
The 2 stage Allison engine E9 (V-1710-47) was used on the XP-39E aircraft. However, to get it to fit, the fuselage was lenghtened 1.75 feet to accomodate the longer Allison E9 engine. As GregP and many others have written, one could not just replace the the single stage Allison engine with the 2 stage engine in a standard P-39 without modifications of the airframe. IMHO, the P-39 was looked upon unfavorably by the US and GB because it did not have the range/combat radius required by those 2 air forces nor did it have the required high altitude performance that was desired. (Again stated by many on this forum) Again my opinion, the P-39 did relatively well with the Soviet Air Force because air combat on that front was mostly low altitude (under 20,000 feet) and the airfields were relatively close to the front (combat radius not as critical).
Eagledad
Source: Cobra, by Birch Matthews pages 170 to 174. pages include a table by Bell engineers comparing the dimensions of the P-39D and XP-P39E.
I need to get an asprin for my headache.
In front of the pilot where those cheating Brits put it first on the Spitfire.If the engine is up front, where do we put the nose armor?
In the same place because there's some black fluid there! (Go to 0:51)If the engine is up front, where do we put the nose armor?
What was burning so heavily from the nose? Would there really have been that much oil in the nose case?In the same place because there's some black fluid there! (Go to 0:51)
Yep................................Didnt anyone ever say "just put the engine in the front Larry"?
Trying to shoot over that nose would be a "beech". Long nose, pilot down in the fuselage, minor blister of a canopy allowing no lookdown over the snout.Yep................................
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Engine was in-between the pilot and the cannon
Well, those pesky Brits could do that because they didn't have a cumbersom gas heater in the way...In front of the pilot where those cheating Brits put it first on the Spitfire.
I don't think the producers understood how the P-39 was configured!What was burning so heavily from the nose? Would there really have been that much oil in the nose case?
The gearbox oil tank was only two gallons - I know oil can burn fiercely when it's super-heated, but that video was way over the top.What was burning so heavily from the nose? Would there really have been that much oil in the nose case?
Good flying scenes if not entertaining - I'm looking to see when the whole movie is available.The gearbox oil tank was only two gallons - I know oil can burn fiercely when it's super-heated, but that video was way over the top.
I believe this is the V-1710-F-32(-119) variant used in the Lightweight P-51J.Actually, I have to apologize for my post above. The airplane shown in the pic has a single-stage engine installed in it. An aux-stage engine is shown below:
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Notice that engine stand has bearers for the aux stage attached even though there are no engine mounts attached to the engine block! The engine mount points are the two small rectangles with 4 holes each in them that rest on the stand. This is a later aux-stage engine, with a charge cooling box between the aux S/C and the integral S/C., but the aux stage gets supported by a mount.