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Re: Got Lucky tonite

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Originally Posted by XfireZ51 (Post 187215)

Is it P40 or P38. I always thought the Flying Tiger stuff was 38's. I loved the
teeth on the lower engine cowl. Never actually got it to takeoff, then the fuel ate away at the plastic wings until it fell apart. I was left w just the engine and I built an engine mount out of my Erector set and run the motor w battery and fuel. Imagine doing that in a 4 room railroad apartment in Brooklyn. Noisy.

I think the P38 was the dual fin lightning the P40 was the war hawk. Yep thats the one I have tri bladed bugger remember once during the spring start procedure (remember that) not removing the finger fast enough to have the cox av gas get into the wound. That will learn ya pretty fast lol

That happened to mine as well so using coat hangers the wheels and alum cans to mount the engine I built a rear engine powered prop car that terriorized the neighborhood.

http://richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/A...ampler/P38.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...wk_airshow.jpg

Re: Got Lucky tonite

Goldy is correct, the P-38 was the twin engine twin boom Fighter, the P-40 was the only front line Fighter the USA had in any numbers when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. Altho the P-40 could not dogfight with a Zero, it was tough as hell and nothing could match it's speed in a dive. The AVG in China, The Flying Tigers, learned this early on and were very effective knocking the Zero's out of the sky.

There were better, faster and more publicized Planes that came later, but the Good Old P-40 workhorse did the bulk of the work in the early years.

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Yes the P-38 Lightning. I remember it now. Didn't they also call it the
"Black Widow"? The P-51 always struck me as the racehorse of prop fighters.

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The P51 was indeed the race horse of the pack. However for the pacific campaign my favorite was the F4U Corsair. Loved Baa Baa Black Sheep before it was called The Black Sheep Squadron. Pappy Boyington was a stud....

Re: Got Lucky tonite

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Originally Posted by Bearly Flying (Post 187192)

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...pscf74e869.jpg

ZoiNKs!

That looks like a DTC 'BAD GROUND' !!!

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Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON (Post 187210)

I had the P40 warhawk all in green and on the string. Remember the glow plugs and the fuel in the can lol

I had this one too; U-Control...

Re: Got Lucky tonite

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The P51 was indeed the race horse of the pack.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...pse94d2f97.jpg

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However for the pacific campaign my favorite was the F4U Corsair.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps375c6409.jpg

Re: Got Lucky tonite

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Originally Posted by Bearly Flying (Post 187211)

Actually there is one of those hanging in there too. Finished building it, just working on the covering now.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psee518bfc.jpg

Balsa skin? No fabric / poly- compound? On the rudder? Retractable gear?

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It is built with mostly balsa, the covering will be a Plastic heat activated/ heat shrink film in an Olive Drab with light brown camo spots painted on.

The gear is electric rotating retracts, tail wheel also retracts with a mechanical linkage.

It has a YS 91 glow engine that is Supercharged and fuel injected, I believe it puts out around 3.5 hp @ 13,000 rpm. The Plane weights in at about 9 lbs. Not a bad power/weight ratio.