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Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
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[QUOTE="buffnut453, post: 1598502, member: 11447"
Interesting factoid: had the U.S. Boeing Super-Groundhog failed, consideration was being given to use British Avro Groundhogs instead. There's some debate about whether the British groundhogs had the range or altitude to actually complete the nuclear drop successfully, although the former problem could have been overcome using air-to-air nutsack replenishment which was a proven technology as early as 1935.
[QUOTE="buffnut453, post: 1598502, member: 11447"
Interesting factoid: had the U.S. Boeing Super-Groundhog failed, consideration was being given to use British Avro Groundhogs instead. There's some debate about whether the British groundhogs had the range or altitude to actually complete the nuclear drop successfully, although the former problem could have been overcome using air-to-air nutsack replenishment which was a proven technology as early as 1935.
Someone must have a spreadsheet here.[/QUOTE]Yes, but what about the COG issues?
That Spitfire in LW colours you posted a while ago could've carried little boy under each wing !Won't work unless you get rid if the roundels - major drag penalty, you know.
Don't think so. Look at the drawing. Change from tail heavy to nose heavy. Unless, of course, you do a P47 and fill all that suddenly empty space back there with turbochargers and intercoolers.That would have solved the cg problem!
The best thing that could have happened to it.In case anyone is wondering about that "modified" P-40C, it's real.
From Joe Baugher:
" *SNIP* Condemned Feb 27, 1943."
Actually, there was a proposal to mount tandem V-1701-E11s in a P-39 in February, 1942. That would have solved the cg problem!
Here you go
NOW who's trying to hide their Groundhog envy?You're not fooling me with that one. That's the box art for the 1979 re-pop of the old 1/48 Monogram Groundhog released to coincide with the re-make of the classic Japanese monster movie G'hogzilla.
The old Monogram kit was pretty neat and quite well detailed for its day. It even included extra parts so you could model your groundhog with the Silverplate modifications for the nuclear mission.
Interesting factoid: had the U.S. Boeing Super-Groundhog failed, consideration was being given to use British Avro Groundhogs instead. There's some debate about whether the British groundhogs had the range or altitude to actually complete the nuclear drop successfully, although the former problem could have been overcome using air-to-air nutsack replenishment which was a proven technology as early as 1935.
CG out of limits forward. Rejected for service use due to squirrelly behavior at the stall and on landing. Only a lightweight surgically neutered squirrel can fly it safely. Standard heavy nutsack groundhogs incompatible.