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Clay_Allison
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- Dec 24, 2008
An expensive waste of powerplants
the Griffon would be getting the best out of the airframe, the airframe would not be getting the best out of the Griffon. Airframe refinement easily kept pace with powerplant development, allowing the match-up to get the best out of each other; just dropping a cutting-edge powerplant into a mid-30s airframe would put you at a disadvantage to your enemies who've considered the aerodynamic aspects.
The Mustang I with the V-1710-39 was around 30mph faster than the P-40E with the same powerplant.
It does immediately beg the question, if you can have a Griffon engined P-40F, why not a Griffon engined P-51A? Talk about a bat out of hell.