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Post by shorty on Jan 4, 2020 8:48:16 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 4, 2020 10:39:24 GMT 12
Yeah that is a very cool advert.
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 6, 2020 9:31:02 GMT 12
Ohhhhh yesssssss !!!!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2020 9:41:18 GMT 12
I reality the Mustang would never keep up with the Corsair in a real race though.
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Post by davidd on Jan 6, 2020 10:49:40 GMT 12
Dave, do you know that for certain, or just a guess? That Corsair is NOT an F2G by its looks. I think that Packard-Merlin engines have been hotted up quite a lot for racing, but not so certain about R-2800s. Would that be a fair comparison?
David D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2020 11:15:14 GMT 12
If they were both stock standard the Mustang's top speed was 440 mph (708 km/h, 383 kn), and the F4U-4's top speed was 446 mph (718 km/h, 388 kn) on paper.
However Bryan Cox raced a P-51D in his FG-1 Corsair in Japan and he told me that the Mustang pilot said afterwards he'd pushed the throttle through the gate to maximum speed while Bryan never even got near top speed and he pulled away comfortably, so at lowish level as seen here my view is the Corsair would win.
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 6, 2020 12:21:36 GMT 12
Lets see...... Merlin 1650 cubic inches.....F4U 2800 cubic inches.............
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Post by shorty on Jan 8, 2020 7:41:37 GMT 12
Instead of a futile argument on which would win an imaginary race (akin to arguing "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin") why not just enjoy the aircraft and the flying for what it is?
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