p 40

[VA5124]

hey just wanting to hear peoples onpinons on the p-40 i hasppen to like the fighter i know she wasnt the best of her class but i think it did pretty well just wish we would have hd as better engine to make it more powerful would be happy to hear all opions on the p 40

 

[glennasher]

It was sturdy and fairly manueverable, and lasted throughout the war, and it had a good COG. Not a bad aircraft, not a superior one, either. Just a good workhorse.

 

[VA5124]

It was sturdy and fairly manueverable, and lasted throughout the war, and it had a good COG. Not a bad aircraft, not a superior one, either. Just a good workhorse.

thats the way i feel she wasnt the best but it could be very deadly when used right didnt the flying tigers fight the zero with them

 

[tomo pauk]

thats the way i feel she wasnt the best but it could be very deadly when used right
didnt the flying tigers fight the zero with them

P-40 was deadly against Axis bombers and against low-performance fighters, like the Ki-27 or Ki-43. Or when the pilots of Axis high-performance fighters made mistake and tried to dogfight the P-40 at low altitudes.
Flying Tigers were not fighting Zeros with P-40s.

(People here are affirmative to spelling and punctuation. Just saying.)

 

[VA5124]

P-40 was deadly against Axis bombers and against low-performance fighters, like the Ki-27 or Ki-43. Or when the pilots of Axis high-performance fighters made mistake and tried to dogfight the P-40 at low altitudes.
Flying Tigers were not fighting Zeros with P-40s.

(People here are affirmative to spelling and punctuation. Just saying.)

sorry my spelling is not that good i did not do well in school i thought i read somewhere about someone fighting zeros with them

 

[wlewisiii]

hey just wanting to hear peoples onpinons on the p-40 i hasppen to like the fighter i know she wasnt the best of her class but i think it did pretty well just wish we would have hd as better engine to make it more powerful would be happy to hear all opions on the p 40

She was a far better aircraft than many want to give her credit for. Mostly I think that was due to how good the later aircraft were so that even though it was one of the best at the start of WWII, it was best used as an advanced trainer in 1945. Saburo Sakai is alleged to have said that the most dangerous allied aircraft was a well handled P-40; as with all things in flying, that well handled is the key.

Here's a great video on flying the P-40:

 

[VA5124]

She was a far better aircraft than many want to give her credit for. Mostly I think that was due to how good the later aircraft were so that even though it was one of the best at the start of WWII, it was best used as an advanced trainer in 1945. Saburo Sakai is alleged to have said that the most dangerous allied aircraft was a well handled P-40; as with all things in flying, that well handled is the key.

Here's a great video on flying the P-40:

thanks for the opinon i really like the p 40

 

[pbehn]

There are lots of threads discussing and comparing the P-40.

 

[VA5124]

There are lots of threads discussing and comparing the P-40.

ok

 

[Dana Bell]

She was a far better aircraft than many want to give her credit for. Mostly I think that was due to how good the later aircraft were so that even though it was one of the best at the start of WWII, it was best used as an advanced trainer in 1945. Saburo Sakai is alleged to have said that the most dangerous allied aircraft was a well handled P-40; as with all things in flying, that well handled is the key.

Here's a great video on flying the P-40:

Aahh, Jeff!

Lost him almost 24 years ago now. Lots of great memories there...

Cheers,



Dana

 

[tomo pauk]

She was a far better aircraft than many want to give her credit for. Mostly I think that was due to how good the later aircraft were so that even though it was one of the best at the start of WWII, it was best used as an advanced trainer in 1945. Saburo Sakai is alleged to have said that the most dangerous allied aircraft was a well handled P-40; as with all things in flying, that well handled is the key.

I don't think that P-40 was there at the start of ww2. It was barely in production in 1940.
P-40 was not able to compete at all 'normal' altitudes with best aircraft of 1941-45 because it never received the engines' upgrades these aircraft gotten, despite it's good handling, sturdy construction and excellent rate of roll.

 

[pbehn]

I don't think that P-40 was there at the start of ww2. It was barely in production in 1940.
P-40 was not able to compete at all 'normal' altitudes with best aircraft of 1941-45 because it never received the engines' upgrades these aircraft gotten, despite it's good handling, sturdy construction and excellent rate of roll.

Tomahawk AH762 first arrived in the UK in July 1940 and was assembled at RAF Speke.

From here. p40hawksnest.com/Service/RAF/RAF.html

 

[VA5124]

i wish would could have put a better engine in it

 

[fubar57]

I wonder if they could have put the engine in the middle of the airframe and added the CoG forward.....or backward.....or off to the side

 

[tomo pauk]

Tomahawk AH762 first arrived in the UK in July 1940 and was assembled at RAF Speke.

From here. p40hawksnest.com/Service/RAF/RAF.html

Thank you.
Unfortunately, start of the war was in 1939.

i wish would could have put a better engine in it

They could, but they would not, apart from prototype(s) that were themselves too late to matter.

 

[VA5124]

Thank you.
Unfortunately, start of the war was in 1939.



They could, but they would not, apart from prototype(s) that were themselves too late to matter.

they should have though then it would have even better

 

[pbehn]

I wonder if they could have put the engine in the middle of the airframe and added the CoG forward.....or backward.....or off to the side

The facility to add and remove fuel tanks and guns would have been great too.

 

[pbehn]

Thank you.
Unfortunately, start of the war was in 1939.



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Well I know that, its always a topic of discussion though.

 

[pbehn]

i wish would could have put a better engine in it

As far as I know the only issue the British had was with altitude performance, like the Mustang MkI that is an engine not the air frame problem

 

[VA5124]

As far as I know the only issue the British had was with altitude performance, like the Mustang MkI that is an engine not the air frame problem

maybe switch to a 2 stage supercharger