Question or two about the Spit 14

[BaldEagl]

Figures, just about every WW2 single engine fighter had to do that to cope..

Hey, I bet you could make an argument that those wildly elongated stunt Grummans climbed faster because the extra tail weight pointed the nose higher.

[GAReaper]

Hey, I bet you could make an argument that those wildly elongated stunt Grummans climbed faster because the extra tail weight pointed the nose higher.

omg I wish I could +1 a post. Thank you for that BE I needed that laugh.

[J.A.W.]

What, you mean they removed the tail-hook too?

Jest caint trust them dang cheatin' swabbies can ya...

[J.A.W.]

Hey, I bet you could make an argument that those wildly elongated stunt Grummans climbed faster because the extra tail weight pointed the nose higher.

& FYI, Grumman DID have to elongate the F8F fin/rudder to fix instability, viz incipient dutch-roll..

According to Corky, anyhow..

[TOMCAT21]

Thanks for the answer(s) to my questions. 

[Ack-Ack]

Hey, I bet you could make an argument that those wildly elongated stunt Grummans climbed faster because the extra tail weight pointed the nose higher.

 

[J.A.W.]

Yeah, & how's YOUR tailhook hangin', A.A., - still draggin' yo' ask backwards?

[Ack-Ack]

Yeah, & how's YOUR tailhook hangin', A.A., - still draggin' yo' ask backwards?

P-38s don't have tail hooks. 

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[J.A.W.]

They were proposed for possible CV ops though A.A., do you know if it was ever trialled?

[Ack-Ack]

They were proposed for possible CV ops though A.A., do you know if it was ever trialled?

USN didn't like the idea of such a large plane cluttering the carrier's flight decks and didn't like the idea of liquid cooled engines so the Model 822 never progressed beyond Lockheed's paper proposal.  As such the FO-1's (USN designation for F-5B) only operated from land bases in North Africa.

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[J.A.W.]

Ok, thanks A.A..

& the USN did trial P-51s though, & even paid to have Bell turn a P-39 in to a tail-dragger..

Wonder if there was some anti-tricycle undercart thinking there..

Mind you the F7F was bigger than the `38 & tricycle equipped, so who knows..

( F7F was limited to the biggest CVs too..)

[icepac]

spit 14 has low engine performance when off of WEP from 17,500 to 23,000 feet.

I never use WEP in that plane unless in a fight in order to coax 70 minute flights out of it.

[DaveBB]

Ok, thanks A.A..

& the USN did trial P-51s though, & even paid to have Bell turn a P-39 in to a tail-dragger..

Wonder if there was some anti-tricycle undercart thinking there..

Mind you the F7F was bigger than the `38 & tricycle equipped, so who knows..

( F7F was limited to the biggest CVs too..)

Eric Brown landed a tricycle geared P-39 fitted with arresting gear on a CV.