The first prototype Mustang, the NA-73, flew five months later. It had the Allison V-1710 engine of the P-40, but much better performance. A big reason was its "laminar flow" wing, which had less drag. The wing was shaped in such a way that the airflow over it remained smooth, ...
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@Tang0five I've put the pic for the tornado type thing above. I've entered a competition and think I've got the wrong end of the stick lol, it said "ww2 styled" modern dogfighter, so I thought what could be more ww2 styled than a mod of hurricane, mosquito and mustang :) 6.6 ...
000 pounds empty, it was about 50 percent heavier than the Mustang and nearly twice the weight of of theBritish Spitfire. In fact, along with the three-seatGrumman Avenger, the P-47 was among the heaviest single-engine aircraft of World War Two....
2. The Jug's radial engine was air cooled, instead of liquid cooled with a radiator system, like the Mustang's V-12. This is significant because one small caliber hit on an aluminum cooling line in a Mustang would let the coolant leak out, and when the coolant was gone, the engine ...