Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Apexcarver said:

So, the p51 is very popular in air racing, why isn't the Corsair? (Or is it and I am just ignorant?)

Easier to source both airframes and engines, easier to streamline, lighter, a bunch of reasons.

Duke said:

Apexcarver said:

So, the p51 is very popular in air racing, why isn't the Corsair? (Or is it and I am just ignorant?)

Easier to source both airframes and engines, easier to streamline, lighter, a bunch of reasons.

 

After the war, one could buy surplus P51s for roughly the value of the fuel in the tanks.

P51s had the benefit of having had a whole lot of production made right before the party was over.

In reply to Scott_H 

Thanks. I removed it the Neanderthal way.  

In reply to Duke :

There were a few but yeah, a lot more surplus P51’s to work with and the liquid cooled engine is indeed more streamlined. 

This sexy beast is the fastest piston engine propeller driven aircraft of all time at 528.33 MPH   Rare Bear is a highly modified F8F Bearcat.

Apexcarver said:

So, the p51 is very popular in air racing, why isn't the Corsair? (Or is it and I am just ignorant?)

The F2G Corsair made after the end of the war in very limited numbers was a very successful air racer.

Hard to believe Race 74 has been gone for almost 10 years now.

I'm not a fan of Toyota generally, but this is tasty

down the street from my in-laws. I want a mini truck. Bad. 

Wild Stang in front of me in the way home from work this evening.

Sebring 12 Hours 1969 - Dutch racing driver and actress Liane Engeman at the wheel of the Austin Healey. Co-drivers Janet Guthrie on the left, Donna Mae Mims in the middle. 

NickD said:

Another car with busted suspension.  Really common around here.

Optical illusion at it's finest .

Liane Engeman at Bridgehampton 1971  She was instructing at an RRDC Advanced Drivers Clinic.   photo by Marjorie J Giltzow

Interesting.

Happy Birthday Hotlink thread! You're 12 years old today!

Streetwiseguy said:

NickD said:

Another car with busted suspension.  Really common around here.

My wife always said my "hearse" looked like it had a broken suspension 

11GTCS said:

In reply to Duke :

There were a few but yeah, a lot more surplus P51’s to work with and the liquid cooled engine is indeed more streamlined. 

The better way to state that is:  Liquid cooled engines "appear" to be be more streamlined.  Once you add in the radiator drag it gets a lot closer if not the same. The FW190 for example was a very streamlined plane:

Also, the chart on the previous page appeared a bit off.  The Corsair number is WAY high, and is likely an (very large motor conversion) F2G, which was made in very small numbers (many of which where used for air racing after the war BTW).  The Super Corsair was essentially an air racing re-imagining of the F2G.

The real king of propeller driven planes in WWII I believe is the Donier 335 at around 470:

aircooled said:

The real king of propeller driven planes in WWII I believe is the Donier 335 at around 470:

Wasn't that also the first plane to get an ejection seat so that the pilot could clear the rear prop?

aircooled said:

11GTCS said:

In reply to Duke :

There were a few but yeah, a lot more surplus P51’s to work with and the liquid cooled engine is indeed more streamlined. 

The better way to state that is:  Liquid cooled engines "appear" to be be more streamlined.  Once you add in the radiator drag it gets a lot closer if not the same. The FW190 for example was a very streamlined plane:

Also, the chart on the previous page appeared a bit off.  The Corsair number is WAY high, and is likely an (very large motor conversion) F2G, which was made in very small numbers (many of which where used for air racing after the war BTW).  The Super Corsair was essentially an air racing re-imagining of the F2G.

The real king of propeller driven planes in WWII I believe is the Donier 335 at around 470:

 

 

You want the XP-47J. 505 in level flight.

Nashville felt....pre covid normal this weekend.

That is all.