the lancaster kicks ass
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- Dec 20, 2003
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Despite denials, there is little question this is basically a Spitfire-Mustang Hybrid. Look at the cooling system
the lancaster kicks ass said:Despite denials, there is little question this is basically a Spitfire-Mustang Hybrid. Look at the cooling system
well the mustang was as good as british anyway.........
delcyros said:Something very interesting. I like the Bearcat and the latest subtyps of Spitfire, Mustang and Thundebolt, too. But these planes were beyond the technology as they have been introduced, that´s why I would like more to see the jets than to see the pinnacle of piston engined planes:
1.) P-80 -a very few have been in service at the wars end 8)
2.) Ar-234 C -with over 560 mp/h top speed a new generation of bomber, however, only 14 planes build by wars end
3.) He-162 A -operational by end of april´45
4.) D.H. Vampire , it could have come earlier
5.) Me-262 B2 -this would have been THE NIGHTFIGHTER of it´s time
And because I like it´s design:
6.) J-7 Shiden
This would be my list...
RG_Lunatic said:I agree with you on this. The Vampire and the 262B-2 could have really been interesting. The 234C however was too late, Germany needed fighters not bombers. But otherwise I agree with you completely.
Not hardly. It was designed in the USA, by North American Aviation, an American company. The design team consisted of NAA employees and Cal-Tech grad students. The original desing specified the Allison engine and performance in the same general catagory as the P-40, and at about the same cost per unit.
The only thing British about the P-51 was the Merlin engine in the P-51B and later models. If this engine had not been employed, either the Continental hyper-engine with 2 stage supercharging would have been completed and utilized, or a 2nd supercharger stage or a turbo-supercharger for the Allison would have been employed.
the lancaster kicks ass said:no i was actually saying it was practilly brittish