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Preproduction F7U found in NY warehouse
Posted by Rob S on Wed Jul 24, 2002 10:13:08 PM
In reply top P-82 No Threat posted by Joe Scheil on Wed Jul 24, 2002 06:26:27 PM
Anyone have any info on this aircraft? Sounds interesting. Joe? Thanks!
: A reno racer's wing area is not "resistance", and a P-82 w
: ould be much slower than a racing D. The reason is that f
: rontal area is higher, and the aircraft has a lot of inter
: ference drag. There are many shapes, fuslage, horizontal
: tail and wings sticking into each other at all angles, cre
: ating lots of drag. Clipping the wings would be essential
: to raise the wing loading to the design load factor, and
: who knows what else. A P-38 is a much more slippery shape
: , and yet even with big HP, has never gone that fast. It
: is kind of a bummer that a gossip post like this generates
: so much interest, as a P-82 is a pretty pedestrian choice
: . I would have tried for that long lost F7U preproductio
: n aircraft discovered at the Sikorsky wherehouse in New Yo
: rk last year. Now that thing could be a racer!
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: Joe