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YEP!!!!
Folks - been reading this thread and observing interesting discussion, but I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in here...going to get 7 minutes to 20,000 feet at best rate of climb (Vx) - period. .......
what's your point? does the spit's climb rate suddenly become void because the P-38's heavier? if the P-38 was the same weight as the spit would she climb the same? if the Queen had balls would she be the King?
You do realize that he wrote that post 10 years ago?To compare the performance fairly, you'd have to look at what the maximum range of the Spitfire is with a max allowable fuel load...and then load the '38 with enough fuel to give it comparable range. Now I'd need to dig out some source material, but I'd speculate that a '38 L can go further on internal fuel (no 310 gallon drop tanks) than a Spit can with a full fuel load. Heck, the '38 might go about as far on the mains (not even using the wing leading edge tanks). I need to dig out Bodies book again.