P40 Display At Old Warden
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wow great video footage! How do you do it?
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Flying Tigers all the way! Great Video~
Thanks~
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Love the P40 WarHawk! One of my fav WWll fighter planes! Thanks for posting!
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while the p39 had a slower roll rate, the slower speed meant that it actually got to use that peak roll rate more throughout the dog fight. I dont know if you have read "An ace of the 8th" by Norman Fortier but even he said this:
Compared to the p-39, the p40 handled like a mack truck.....
He went on to talk about how everything was harder in the p-40 than the p-39....even just climbing to 10,000 feet.
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U.S.A.A.F US Army Air Force!
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One word WARHAWK! Kittyhawk to the Brits and Commonwealth forces who used it but strangly New Zealand called the Tomahawk!Curtiss P-40 Warhawk!
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I'm working on a RC P40 which has a wingspan of 80+ inches
P-40 rolled fast but the P-39 rolled faster. FACT
yakovlev3a 3 years ago
Actually, I don't think that is fact.
The roll rate data I have for a P-39D-1 was recorded as having a peak roll rate of 75 dps @ 235 mph, whilst the P-40 (H81) has a recorded roll rate of 135 dps @360 mph.
Whilst I don't know what stick force was applied in the P-40, it seems that it was 50lbs for the P-39.
The improved P-63 had a higher roll rate than the P-39 (peak of 110 mph @ 250mph), but as you can see, it was still below that of the P-40.
Bradburger 3 years ago
What brand is the Prop? Nice Vidoe!
BCairsoft 3 years ago
According to my references, the propeller originally fitted to the P40 was the Curtiss Electric C5315S with 614-1C1.5-12 Blades, and was 11ft Diameter.
However, according to the original CAA AIRWORTHINESS APPROVAL NOTE (AAN), the propeller used on G-KITT is a Curtiss Electric model C532DF99, 10' diameter, with blade type No. 89303-24. This of course could have been changed since, as this ANN was issued in 1998.
Btw, a few of the P40's flying today actually use Hamilton Standard props!
Bradburger 3 years ago