XP-39 II - The Groundhog Day Thread

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Two groundhogs arguing about weight removal and both claiming victory

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What about the impact of laminar flow nutsacks? Or the Meredith effect on groundhog performance, particularly at altitude?
The only Meredith I ever knew had no lift effect whatsoever! Zero camber laminar flow = zero lift. Zero AoA flat plate = drag only, no lift.
 
Well...not me, my theories of the B-29 being the best candidate for the job were dismissed in another thread. :lol:
Come on Dave, you know as well as I do that the BF109 (which is just a spitfire without roundels) is a better nuclear bomber than the B29. Especially when you pair it with a ground hog ( sorry, Ein Waldmurmeltier).
 
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Hmm. We may have accidentally found the perfect role for the P-39.
Remove the rear-mounted engine, and the front - mounted armament. Replace these with a "nuke" and a rudimentary guidance system, and hang the whole lot beneath a A.W. Whitley, to be dropped and glide to the target.
Of course, the Whitley would need some modification to allow it to fulfil the mission; probably longer wings, a deeper fuselage, four engines etc, which would also help it to "escape" the target area, with the aid of range-extending, self-sealing, flash-protected nutsacks, especially as the P-39 would probably take some time to get to the detonation point (if it hadn't already stalled and plumetted vertically earthwards).
Sounds like a reasonable use of what was otherwise a collection of aluminium and other metals, all joined together and flying in close formation ..........
 
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