To: \/\/ayne
The design concept was to use the outer wing panels from the North American P-51 Mustang, the tail assembly from the Douglas A-24 (SBD), and the undercarriage from the Vought F4U Corsair in a general layout much as in the Bell P-39 Airacobra with the engine located amidships with the contra-rotating propellers driven through extension shafts. At an early design stage, however, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk outer wing panels were substituted for the P-51 panels.
A Frankenplane!
4 posted on
02/16/2021 6:18:30 AM PST by
null and void
(We, MSM, decide what news you can see, and what you can not see, don't you dare call us Not-Sees)
To: null and void
"....The test program brought up numerous teething problems, including
miscalculation of the fighter's center of mass, failure of the engine to produce its expected power, inadequate engine cooling, high aileron forces at high speed, and poor spin characteristics..."
GM ad slogan "Body by Fisher"
13 posted on
02/16/2021 6:37:16 AM PST by
Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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