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Your date format actually makes sense!


I think I am going to change my plans for tomorrow.

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The P-40 had been developed into the XP-46, but apparently North American bought some test data from Curtiss, to help begin the P-51. The British were the first to use the P-51 (well, Mustang Mk.I, NA-73, NA-83); but I'm pretty certain (we will never know though) that without Britain's interest, the P-51 as we know it would most likely have assimilated. To note, it was about two months between the Mustang Mk.I delivery to the British, and the first P-51A delivery to the USAAC. The differences between the XP-51 and XP-46 were many, yet much alike. The development of the P-51, with a Packard V-1650 Merlin rather than the Allison V-1710 was a major leap, and it was indeed unlike fighters before it. At EAA this year, I heard Bud Anderson and two other speakers talking about the development of the Mustang - it had some connections to the P-40, and the USAAC had already sought a higher-performance fighter with a two-stage supercharger at the same time the British did, and although the history books state it was Britain's commission (which it was), it was still much of a joint-venture, in a sense.

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© 2011 Peter J. Carlson, All Rights Reserved
"O! for a horse with wings!" -William Shakespeare

Oh uh... now that we have an Accusimmed Allison, how about doubling it and adding a couple turbos?

I can't be the only one who'd like to see that!

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Plans for today (!!! ) Work on cockpit untill P-40 RELEASE!!

GOOD stuff!

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Lukas

No confusion in this country about the date, most of the world knows what we are saying

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Ron
B-17 AIRFRAME 710 HRS PLUS AND CLIMBING




GIGABYTE X58A-UD5 MB, INTEL I7 950, 12GB DOMINATOR-GT DDR3 RAM, WIN7 64, GIGABYTE SUPER OVER CLOCK GTX 560 TI 1GB GGDDR5 1000Mz, CORSAIR 850W PS, NOCTUA NH-D14,
TRACKIR 5 & TrackClipPro

I say, Scott!

When you get a moment, can you and the chaps put one of those there Merlins from the Spitfire on your P-40 Airframe and see what happens please?

Gotta go. Things to do, wars to fight, Jerries to duff up and all that stuff.

Ta muchly.

The Brits.

Something will explode
The Allison is not really that much worse of engine, and looking at durability it's actually better. What you really need on it, is a serious turbo to get it into altitude, everything's slow down on the deck (except the F-104 ;P ).

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Chris Oleksy

Will the P-40 be available today at simMarket too??

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I cannot wait, must be only a few hours now!

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Piper Cub w/ Accu-Sim | Spitfire w/ Accu-Sim | B-17 w/ Accu-Sim | B337 w/ Captain of the Ship

Funny Alec

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Ron
B-17 AIRFRAME 710 HRS PLUS AND CLIMBING




GIGABYTE X58A-UD5 MB, INTEL I7 950, 12GB DOMINATOR-GT DDR3 RAM, WIN7 64, GIGABYTE SUPER OVER CLOCK GTX 560 TI 1GB GGDDR5 1000Mz, CORSAIR 850W PS, NOCTUA NH-D14,
TRACKIR 5 & TrackClipPro

Two guys at one of my local airports are building their own scratch-built Spitfire, replicated off the Mk.V i think, and it will be powered by an Allison, because the Rolls-Royce is too fussy, especially for two guys who'd rather fly after spending all that time making a full-scale model of a Spitfire.

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© 2011 Peter J. Carlson, All Rights Reserved
"O! for a horse with wings!" -William Shakespeare

Looka great! Ready with CC in hand!

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Fingers poised to enter paypal password

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Lukas

I memorized my debit card info for the PMDG 737NGX release, so I'm ready whenever A2A is!

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© 2011 Peter J. Carlson, All Rights Reserved
"O! for a horse with wings!" -William Shakespeare

In that case, you might want to steer clear of mind readers like Kreskin.