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Wrt. Nakajima Ki-62:
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The Ki-62 is almost perfectly ignored except this small article.My big mouth is even faster
Wrt. Nakajima Ki-62:Shinpachi - please help, is there a consensus between the Japanese researchers about how good/bad the Ki-62 was supposed to be?
Having seen some cutaways of the MB5, I do believe they were aiming for a P-51B/C/D/K approach, though it used a combined radiator/oil cooler/intercooler like on the Hornet. Oddly (for some reason) the MB5's overall length was similar to a Hornet. The earlier MB3 used radiators mounted under the wing similar to the Me 109 and the Spiteful/Seafang, and I've seen proposals for the MB4 that kept those radiators.
The proof is in the pudding?Any consensus on how well the Hawker Tempest I/Hawker Fury I radiators worked vs the DH Mosquito/Hornet radiators,
Putting the radiators inside the wings took a lot of what could have been the Whirlwind's internal fuel capacity. Move those rads to the exterior and we can double the fuel load.I think that the leading edge radiators are more elegant, and IMO better than like say the MiG I-220 and Westland Whirlwind/Welkin radiators.
Putting the radiators inside the wings took a lot of what could have been the Whirlwind's internal fuel capacity. Move those rads to the exterior and we can double the fuel load.
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Rather than two underwing rads, would a single Mustang-like radiator below the pilot work for the Whirlwind?
I can't think of any twin-engined piston-powered aircraft that shared one radiator, wherever located. But that doesn't mean it can't be done.Are there any twin-engined fighters designs known which woud have featured a ventral main fuselage radiator or ventral engine nacelle radiators.?
Rather than two underwing rads, would a single Mustang-like radiator below the pilot work for the Whirlwind?
Maybe you can do it, but you need to be very careful, if one pump is running a slightly high pressure than the other (and this is a higher pressure at the point where they join so that includes friction loss in the piping) the higher pressure is going to get a disproportionate amount of fluid going into the matrix, lower pressure system will be being blocked and not able to send the hot coolant to the radiator. Even if it is only 10% off that is going to cook the lower pressure engine.
Rather than two underwing rads, would a single Mustang-like radiator below the pilot work for the Whirlwind?