Airacobra, and yes, that's true.My uncle told me the P39... Aircobra? Had the drive shaft for the propeller run between the legs of the pilot from the engine. Is that true?
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Join the contest SubscribeAiracobra, and yes, that's true.My uncle told me the P39... Aircobra? Had the drive shaft for the propeller run between the legs of the pilot from the engine. Is that true?
Neither one of you is a fuckwit. There's just a world of differences in increments of progression of improvements in aircraft produced. Yeah, he's right, the V-1710-135 was used in the P-63 King Cobra. It's not just a single stage supercharger, it had that and a turbocharger. As you mentioned Soulezoo, politics (and ignorance) played a big part in not further developing more increase in power to gain performance. A lot with the V-1710. The P-37 was one of the original variants of what was to become the P-40. It had a supercharger, but it was canned as the War Department saw "no need" for it. People talk like the P-40 was a POS because it didn't have high altitude performance. It could have, but the powers that be shut it down without having any idea of what we really needed. Add to the fact the "Bomber Mafia" was in charge and shut down a LOT of good ideas, because they didn't think we needed it. Kind of ironic they got duped into thinking they were the 'schnitza' when in reality, the commanding generals of WWII used them as bait to draw German fighters up.Did I specifically mention the P-63? No. I wasn't going to spend the time to shred every piece of FAIL that came out of your post.
Hey you, FUCKWIT, why don't YOU do some research (besides wiki that gets a lot wrong on WWII aircraft) before making STUPID, IGNORANT posts.
Good God what a moron you are.
Try wwiiperformance.net next time to see how marvelous your post was.
Let's start with the early Mustang. It was an A-36 Apache. (Not an A10 as you said) It ran an Allison. The P-51A.... Allison. They fit just fine thank you. The aircraft was designed around that engine. None of that "too big" horseshit you posted. They didn't go to the Merlin until later and it wasn't because of fit, but high altitude performance and better fuel economy.
The P-63 was the final iteration of the P-39. The P-39 was originally designed to use a turbocharger. That idea was abandoned for a myriad of reasons. Availability, politics and poor CoG amongst them.
And then that rich statement about we didn't use those fancy turbochargers or superchargers. Most all of the engines used forced induction of one sort or another. On edit, neither of those two (p-39, p-61) ever reached the performance goals they were after. Allies generally used the aircraft in secondary theaters because they just weren't that good. They lost performance over 12,000 feet or so. Only the Soviets liked them and then only in ground attack roles. Even they often replaced the Allison with their Klimov engines.
Why don't you go and put on your little beach ball beanie with the propeller on it and go sit in the corner for awhile. Dunce.
And stop making stupid posts.
Jesus H Christ.... you can't even spell "fuckwit" properly and you want to lecture me on a subject you clearly know nothing about.
What's next? Are you going to post some chart you found and tell Frank he doesn't know about long range shooting?
well, at least she has some ammo!!!!
It was posted today and she knows is about 2 days behind most events. Watch his twitter feed quite a few bombs have already been dropped since the 5th of January.When was this?
Actually had a man come into my ER with Super Glue in his eyes. He was a middle-aged guy, who had a small table next to his easy chair. The table had the usual assortment of junk. He reached while watching a game on TV, and thought he had his eye drops. Instead he put two drops of cyanoacrylate into each eye, and glued them shut. Competely.
Admittedly, I was a bit outside my scope of experience, so I talked to the Ophthalmologist in the big city. He said, "Happens here about once or twice a week." His advice was to just leave them glued shut, until the body eventually replaced the skin cells lining the eyelid margins. He suggested it takes between 3-7 days. He also advised that trying to remove or dissolve the glue in any manner resulted in unacceptable damage. Eventually, that was the way it turned out. He called in sick for three days, and was eventually able to open his eyes, and peel the flaking remainders of the glue off the margins himself. No damage to the eyes themselves, at all.
Dumb shit.
Had a guy at work was out with his dog early one morning. Did one eye. Came in to work and then went to dr.. came back the next day not in bad shape considering but man did he forever get fucked withActually had a man come into my ER with Super Glue in his eyes. He was a middle-aged guy, who had a small table next to his easy chair. The table had the usual assortment of junk. He reached while watching a game on TV, and thought he had his eye drops. Instead he put two drops of cyanoacrylate into each eye, and glued them shut. Competely.
Admittedly, I was a bit outside my scope of experience, so I talked to the Ophthalmologist in the big city. He said, "Happens here about once or twice a week." His advice was to just leave them glued shut, until the body eventually replaced the skin cells lining the eyelid margins. He suggested it takes between 3-7 days. He also advised that trying to remove or dissolve the glue in any manner resulted in unacceptable damage. Eventually, that was the way it turned out. He called in sick for three days, and was eventually able to open his eyes, and peel the flaking remainders of the glue off the margins himself. No damage to the eyes themselves, at all.
Dumb shit.
America's Hundred Thousand should be a part of that library.Neither one of you is a fuckwit. There's just a world of differences in increments of progression of improvements in aircraft produced. Yeah, he's right, the V-1710-135 was used in the P-63 King Cobra. It's not just a single stage supercharger, it had that and a turbocharger. As you mentioned Soulezoo, politics (and ignorance) played a big part in not further developing more increase in power to gain performance. A lot with the V-1710. The P-37 was one of the original variants of what was to become the P-40. It had a supercharger, but it was canned as the War Department saw "no need" for it. People talk like the P-40 was a POS because it didn't have high altitude performance. It could have, but the powers that be shut it down without having any idea of what we really needed. Add to the fact the "Bomber Mafia" was in charge and shut down a LOT of good ideas, because they didn't think we needed it. Kind of ironic they got duped into thinking they were the 'schnitza' when in reality, the commanding generals of WWII used them as bait to draw German fighters up.
In any case, there is a world of information people need to look up before posting on what aircraft had what in WWII. Two of the best resources I've found are "Jane's: WWII Aircraft" and "JG26-Top Guns of the Luftwaffe" (chronological account of what was used where and what against). The JG-26 book also gives the German account of Robert S. Johnsons narrow escape from death from the German side. ("Thunderbolt")
Progress was made so fast in WWII, it just boggles the mind. We went from open cockpit 1000 hp engined aircraft to pressurized 3000 hp engined aircraft in that time. You really have to break down which variant you are talking about along with which engine it was fitted with.
I must have missed indoor climbing in the 60's. I climbed a lot of boulders in the Eastern Sierra, then left for the Army in '66.Indoor rock climbing got started in the 60's but really took off in the 80's. Along the way climbers got really obsessed and more and more started pulling on tiny little sharp edges, so tearing a flapper got common. So some genius decided super gluing a flapper would allow him to keep pulling down like the rad dude he dreamed to be. I saw a guy at a gym supergluing his flapper on the way in the john to take a piss. Yep, glued his hand to his pecker. The separation injury was nasty. He never lived it down.
You gotta luv a sporting gal in public…confidence that doesn’t mind giving some special enjoyment…
I'm in the same boat. Retired aircraft mechanic. I would have dearly loved to spend my working time on vintage/WWII aircraft, but I had a family to feed so I went the airline route. Most of it in the commuters. What I realized is that if you want to work on big planes you have to move to a big city. I'd rather have quality of life than quantity of job. The last few years of my career were at MRO's. Small city with big planes. But, limited. I liked daily operations better. The few times I got to work on WWII aircraft it was volunteer. But, it was fun.America's Hundred Thousand should be a part of that library.
I talk and work with people everyday that are in this business. A few have written and published books on these subjects and have done the research. One of them helped Joe Yancey rebuild Allisons for years. He just might know a little bit about them. Planes of Fame in Chino has one of the best collections and Steve Hinton is one of the finest remaining warbird pilots around. I was friends with Lefty Gardner who flew a P-38 and was a regular at Reno.... now I am a nobody, just a retired aircraft mechanic that has spent some time on the flightline with these aircraft, and I have even wrenched on the Memphis Belle in the past. None of that means a thing except that I just might know a thing or two and got the knowledge first hand from the BTDT folks. My dad was a B-24 pilot as well. You may have heard of the tragic crash of the Nine O Nine. I was acquainted with Mac may he rest in peace.
On books: be wary of anything published by Osprey (info can be hit or miss and you won't know what is what unless you know) and avoid anything by Martin Caidin.
That hole package is very nice. Corrected your spelling.That whole package is very nice.![]()
Or at least you hairdo needs to change...monthly. And you need super trendy suits. Right Trey, it's about appearance, not doing anything...just appearance....like GOP has done since Reagan was out of office.
And we immediately know..it’s the Bard thatAh, must be in Australia.
Fishing spiders are common in US.Ah, must be in Australia.
Never did like the back end of this generation of the Vette.