Note the P40N and F loadouts. Nice work HTC

[Wiley]

I put in a bit of time in the N.  It's nice.  Dives very well, I kept up with a P47N with minimal corner cutting through a few passes on a base.

Very stable aircraft.

Wiley.

[SmokinLoon]

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Check again w/o WEP.  Anyone who uses WEP as a crutch doesn't seem to forget that WEP is not constant.   

Also, my observation was done when the aircraft were the nearly the same weight w/o WEP.  Check that stat, too.

[Raptor05121]

IMHO, the N is a much more stable platform than the F. And that's coming from a Merlin lover. Although they are really slow to build E, thats just a P-40 problem in general. the 1,500lbs of ords is a plus too. The -N is my new jabo

[Babalonian]

Love them, love them, love them.     Thanks HTC.

Ya know, maybe another P-51 variant, definetley another B-17, and AH is sitting purty for that Red Tails movie comming out next year.

[Squire]

Did some tests. Both a/c with 6 guns and max ammo. No shackles or DTs.

With both a/c carrying 148 gallons the N model is 369 lbs lighter. S.L. speeds MIL is 287 for the P-40N and 297 for the P-40F. So the F is 10mph faster. The F also has a very slight climb rate advantage in MIL, 100 fpm? This is assuming an equal armament and fuel load for both a/c.

WEP comparisons; the P-40N does 313 and the P-40F does 304. So the N is 9 mph faster. The N has @ 600 fpm climb rate advantage in that category, and of course retains its weight advantage.

So all that into account  in the dogfighter catgeory I think the N edges it out slightly with the lighter weight and better WEP #s. In the end it would be the load carried and the pilot that would decide it and I guess thats no surprise. From the data it does not appeear that either is vastly superior to the other. P-40 lovers will give both versions their share of fans and like them for different reasons. Its an interesting comparison.