And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Without cheating and googling it first, it looks familiar. I think the reason they struck the engine in back was to stick an early air to air radar in the nose. A night fighter I believe.
The nose was 'aimable' in that it was not fixed and could move a little up, down, side to side, in order for the pilot to get a better shot.
Problem being that, well, cute but really didn't work and the guns used tended to jam.
Not to mention though the pusher prop setup is more aerodynamic than a tractor prop, you lose a lot of forced cooling when on the ground or at low speeds.
Cute idea, pusher plane with a nose of guns, but, well, poor results.
it occurs to me that it used the God awful twin crankcase allison engine just as General Motors attempt at a fighter which also emulated the way GM designed cars...bits of this and that slap-dashed together. or a R-4360 could fit, me thinks. didn't look it up, just a guess.
Dang! That was a big fighter for the time. Based on the middle picture, it looks bigger than fighters of this time.
ReplyDeleteIsn't the manufacturer Vultee?
ReplyDeleteI believe Vultee is the way it's spelt, GUS. Twin boom resembles the P-38. But that's where it ends.
Deletelooks like the Corsair designer had a meeting with the P-38 designer
ReplyDeleteToo many innovations in front of an engine that didn't perform
ReplyDeleteWithout cheating and googling it first, it looks familiar. I think the reason they struck the engine in back was to stick an early air to air radar in the nose. A night fighter I believe.
ReplyDeleteThe nose was 'aimable' in that it was not fixed and could move a little up, down, side to side, in order for the pilot to get a better shot.
ReplyDeleteProblem being that, well, cute but really didn't work and the guns used tended to jam.
Not to mention though the pusher prop setup is more aerodynamic than a tractor prop, you lose a lot of forced cooling when on the ground or at low speeds.
Cute idea, pusher plane with a nose of guns, but, well, poor results.
It looks cheap. Like someone put lightning booms on a WW2 era jap suicide plane cheap. Like 1 way trip cheap.
ReplyDeleteit occurs to me that it used the God awful twin crankcase allison engine just as General Motors attempt at a fighter which also emulated the way GM designed cars...bits of this and that slap-dashed together. or a R-4360 could fit, me thinks. didn't look it up, just a guess.
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