The Ultimate Perk

[Jigster]

the F2G has a single (It might be 425, I forget, I figured it up once) 475 Gallon tank, and with water injection, the Wasp Major puts out right at 3,600 HP.

Btw, the F2G's visablility is about equal to the F8F, they finally cut the back down for a bubble canopy. Least on the Racers, all two of them  


[This message has been edited by Jigster (edited 11-01-2000).]

[SnakeEyes]

Hehe... um, Racers?  That sounds like aircraft without guns...  

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[Vermillion]

The F2G stats come from the armed model   But the racers were very successful for a reason.

And I used Snakeyes numbers for Bearcat horsepower, so don't blame me if they're wrong  

Jigster is also correct, all F2G's had a P-51D/Bearcat style bubble canopy, so the only issue on visibility would deal with the length of the nose, and the height of the pilots seat, neither of which I have solid data to comment on.

How about we call a truce and say that the F4U-4, F2G, F7F, and F8F, are all very close in capability, and they are some kick bellybutton airframes that we would love to see in AH ?  


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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure

[M.C.202]

Vermillion said:
> How about we call a truce and say that the F4U-4, F2G, F7F, and F8F, are all very close
> in capability, and they are some kick ass
airframes that we would love to see in AH ?
 
> Vermillion

Sounds good to me :-)



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M.C.202
Dino in Reno

[Jigster]

Once you see a Wasp Major in real life, you will never go back to Double Wasps.

Trust me on that one.

And when I saw a real one (block cut away) next to the Merlins, Allisons, Double Wasps, Cyclones, and even the last Jumo 004B-1 turbo-jet engine, there is just no comparison.

Everytime I see that thing (right next to the Privateer restoration project) at LSFM, I drool  

Bring the others but I want the smoothest running radial ever produced  

[SnakeEyes]

Ask and you shall receive...
 

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[Hamish]

Thanks all of you for all of your posts in this thread, and thank you for not letting it degenerate into a flame fest as has happened wiht some other similiar threads these days. i learned a lot from you guys, as usual, and i still hope that we can all try out an F8F in AH sometime in the future.
(maybe even an Uber F2-G for you too Verm  

<S!>


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Hamish!

 
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[This message has been edited by Hamish (edited 11-02-2000).]

[YourDead]

Hamish,

u can watch "Blacksheep Squadron" on the history channel at 11 AM EST  on Saturdays

[Jigster]

I think I'll print that out for a pin-up