Originally posted by REVGST
So, am I the only other avid 40 flyer out there besides my friend Honch? Am I the only person that thinks AH needs the N model P-40? Also, the scoring for a P-40 should be higher, even though I have gained many perks with it, it still takes more skill to fly em than a 51B:aok
I am a confessed P-40 nut, and AVG fan in general. I often wonder why we have so many 109 variants but only two P-40's? As to which one would be the best to bring into AH, for engine power you'd have to give the nod to the F or L model. I'm partial to the K myself.
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I have no doubt whatsoever that the P-40B we have in AVG markings is porked big time. Quote from Erik Shilling: "It is estimated that in the heat of the battle or disengaging from enemy fighters, some engines had drawn between 1600 and 1700 Horse power. (This would give a power to weight ration of better than even the vaunted Zero had.)
At one time on a photo recon flight, while circling my objective, apparently I had run into my own prop wash, but at the moment thought it was A A fire. I pushed the throttle forward but when I settled down I saw that I pulling 50 in Hg, and quickly reduced it to 40 inches. According to the Horse power chart was 1380 HP."
I say at least if you're going to give us the AVG P-40, give us the handbuilt engines as well. If the hand built AVG P-40 engines could indeed draw around 1,700 horsepower and we had that in AH, I think alot more folks would use it.
I've seen more than one interview on Discovery Wings that said if the P-40 had had say, the Merlin 61 of the Spit IX(1,565 horsepower Mil), or later on the Griffon (2,050 horsepower)engine, it would have been the best Allied fighter of WW2.
I guess it's possible then, that the AVG P-40s, with POSSIBLY 1,700 horsepower, would be right up there as well.
So what if it couldn't turn with a Zero? Nothing could!! Give us the uprated AVG engine and watch the Spits go down in flames.
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Excuse me, it's time for my Thorazine.
