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Topic: radial engined p 40
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dez51
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posted 08-01- 04:42 AM
   
i rember reading somewhere that the french ordered a nunber of p40s before ww2 and converted them to radial engined versions or something like that also no the fw 190 ( i know that theres already heaps of versions but what about the trop version fw 190F-2 and on the loadout theres so much SD 500, SC 500 SC250 and SB 1000 with the lower fin removed for ground clearence ive got some side elevations on these and other stuff like upward firing cannons in the fuse if you want them E-mail me IP: Logged |
Pachy
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posted 08-01- 04:58 AM
Those radial engined planes were called H-75 by Curtiss. They were not converted but designed that way. The USAAF called them P-36 "Hawk" (a few of these were still active at Pearl Harbor, they shot down a few Japanese planes). Indeed, the early P-40 (Curtiss H-81) is in fact a conversion of the P-36 with an inline engine! A few H-81s had been ordered by France in 1940, they were eventually delivered to the RAF who called them Tomahawk MkI (with some H-75A4, used as Mohawk MkIV by the Brits).IP: Logged |
dez51
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posted 08-01- 05:39 AM
ok so i was totaly wrong about that  IP: Logged |
wakeup tailgunner
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posted 08-01- 08:17 AM
The P36 would make a good conversion once the P40 is finished and finally released. A new fuselage and a bit of tweaking and you are done. Make a nice little project for someone!IP: Logged |
Pachy
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posted 08-01- 08:28 AM
I'd love to see a P-36 (or an early P-40), but there is more work than it seems:
- Fuselage is totally different (shorter tail)
- Canopy area is different
- Instruments panel is different in shape and instruments layout.
- Gauges themselves are different (even the USAAF P-36, not even talking about the French H-75C1)
- Wings are "almost" identical, but since landing gear door mechanism is totally different, the wings should probably be remapped.
In fact it is more than a conversion!
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Da Jug head
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posted 08-01- 08:36 AM
I'd rather have her converted to a P-40 B or C (small mouth P-40). Then add a Sally, Oscar, and Nate and we have an AVG campaign.Did you know the AVG never flew against zeros? What they called a zero was actually an Oscar. After the war, when the military records were examined, they found out the Japanese didn't put any zeros into China until 1943. Read this http://www.danford.net/planes.htm IP: Logged |
Pachy
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posted 08-07- 05:50 AM
(changed my mind)[This message has been edited by Pachy (edited 08-07-2001).] IP: Logged |
Snickers
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posted 08-07- 09:11 AM
OK, the AVG didn't. But the 27th did (I think that was the squadron number that replaced them, took their planes and some of their pilots) Actually the planes belonged to China but they didnt care _who_ flew them as long as they were shooting at the Japanese. By that time they were getting Kittyhawks in to fly.....------------------
Snickers
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