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The P-63's with the single-stage ALlisons would have benefited from the two-stage Merlin
I'd really like to se a twp-stage Merlin in an XP-40Q, the plane taht North American looked at before producing the P-51.
There might be some potential tehre .... maybe not. I was a good airplane, but not better than the P-51, so was not proceeded with. With a two-stage merlin, the tables may well have changed. Perhaps not.
The question is what could a Two-Stage Merlin equipped P-63 do that a P-51D or H couldn't do better?
Wuzak, you need to check your facts. They were shown the entire blueprint set for the XP-40Q and started from there after considering the possibilities. We had many members at the museum who worked for North American and some of them knew it. Do you really think they started from scratch and made a thoroughbred in 120 days with no "assistance?"
If so, how come nobody else in the entire war could do that? Did the Mustang designer ever do it again?
You decide for yourself. I already have an opinion.
NAA had purchased the complete set of P-40 and XP-46 wind tunnel data and flight test reports for US$56,000