M.B-5
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Quit your whining Netherlander, & do some learnin' instead of butt-lickin'... (FYI, just 'cause you don't comprehend something, don't mean - its - stupid).
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Hah! Seems like maybe you've tried then J_G_T, & now have a bug up your butt - about the R-2800 failing to match the lousy Limey Merlin... ...for speed or distance, due to being.. yeah, such a gas-hog...
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So its no, then.. Look dude, stop being so "random" & just 'ask your bloody self', as an Englander would put it..
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You Dutchies... you guys are (almost as) funny as Canucks... ah,wait on... no, you aint... But, to be fair, your complaining about me is hilarious - esp' when J_G_T is doin' his act, full-on.. ( or is he on your 'ignore' list, L.O.L...).
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No "dumb-as" - Navy designation was F-fighter, USAAF was P-pursuit, both P-38 & P-80 were Army ships..
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Doh! You still bein' a funny-man eh, guy.. Or, is it possible... you really cannot comprehend why a fighter pilot wants a clear-view canopy - both in WW2, & now?
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Yeah, that's a pretty good example right there J_G_T... the P-61 canopy was shit, like the P-38, too... - but at least that F-15 scored a bubble-top..L.O.L...
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You might be pretty "random" eh, Canuck, but F-15 jocks aint & that's a fact.. He knows a shit canopy when he tries one on... unlike some here...
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So, talk is cheap, but no one wants to pick up on my wager, eh? Anyhow, so one of these two mid-1940s Lockheed fighters - has a shit cockpit canopy, yeah, you got it, its the P-38... https://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/129/pics/3_1.jpg https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/aircraft/p-38-lightning/P-38_Lightning_Maintenance_Burtonwood_England_cockpit.jpg Dunno what's up with this site for posting pix...
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Biff aint no "random dude" eh, Belicosius, so you maybe wanna put some $ on it? ( Not Canuk $ though, natch L.O.L...).
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Ok, so that bit about your preference for "civilized territory" turned out to be so much 'Canadian T-bone' eh, Canuck, ...just a cheap shot..L.O.L...
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Source? Try this: One of the contributors on the Aircraft of WW2 Forum is 'Biff' - a veteran USAF F-15 jockey, used to a clear-view bubble, & he's on the record there - as incredulous as to why the lousy P-38 canopy wasn't replaced - after sitting in its cockpit, too.. But I suppose, you'd rate his view as "hopeless" too, since it contracts yours..
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Yeah, that's pretty funny, ( & Canadian comics are damn good ) - but just don't try on the ol' 'maple syrup' routine too, huh..
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Like what?
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OYG boss! Did you just admit that you are squirting milt under pressure from J_G_T, & you are... practically... his.. bitch? Awww... no.. c'mon, say it aint so...
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Dude, just 'cause you are "being a fuckin douchebag" - don't mean I am.. Don't be so quick to judge others by your own ignorance, huh... ( & FYI, the butt-hole licking you're so into, aint such a good look, either...).
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Yeah fixed that for you.. L.O.L... Actually boss, I tried to find your "guidelines" at your suggestion, using the 'search function' - but nothing doin'... However, aint the whole 'grandmasters/mean-girls' clique, bend-over for initiation newbie, schtick - kinda last decade, already? I'll take the good ol' 'Pepsi Challenge' on the veracity of the sources I've linked - any day of the fungin' week. (& how is it - that the likes of J_G_T gets to vent an angry abusive tirade, rather than actually try to debunk my assertions? Is it because he's tried/failed, but can't admit it?)
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J_G_T now thinks he's the big boss fish here! He claims to be the 'spokesman' for 'everyone' & is itchin' to wield the ban stick. Can it be - his "self esteem/ego" has been so smalled-out by his own inability to back up his bullshit - or provide valid primary sources? Seems likely, well either that, or maybe - he's just a mean-as drunk...
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Here's a question for the tech-heads. The Merlin-powered P-82 'Betty Jo' - flew non-stop from Hawaii to New York, & in record time. Could the Navy's R-2800 powered equivalent, the F7F - beat that time-to-distance record, or even fly that far, non-stop?
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Hey boss, if you want to disregard your own "guidelines" - on behalf of your good ol' buddy, & purge me, for quoting him... ...its your call, for sure, even if it does stink of 'old boy priviledge' , & 'abuse of power', - but yeah, I guess its the Trump era now, for sure, too - huh.
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Nice opinion piece there D.A., but can you post a real in-period Service Evaluation - which validates that "400mph" P-38 claim? Here's one from late 1941, which can, & does - present an actual 400+ mph fighter, the Hawker Typhoon. No wonder the RAF rejected the P-38... http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/typhoon/Typhoon_AFDU_Tactical_Trials.pdf
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True Meplat, in those ways, & others, the Allison was a much better design, & a smoother running, stronger, more durable engine, ( & in TBO) - in service. R-R it appears, was very fortunate in having some excellent development engineers ( & sales team, as always) aboard, to get that old-fashioned 'sows ear' of a typical old school 'nuts 'n' bolts' British engine - to work ( & sell) - as well as it did. R-R's more innovative engines - like the Vulture, never got anywhere, by contrast.
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Jeeze J_G_T, you've gone from a "2nd grade" incoherent sentence, to a veritable wall of inchoate blather! What a "twat". You're "bouncing round" like a broken off valve head - on top of an R-2800 piston, it must be your "self-esteem issues", huh. If anyone needs to "shut the fuck up" about the P-38, its you... 'polishing the turd' - simply serves no purpose. & ranting abuse is no real substitute for actual primary source links, either, y'know. Didn't you know that North American Aviation didn't want Allison engines in the P/F-82, but yeah, didn't get a choice in it.. GM ( who owned Allison) saw to that, & the Allisons never worked as well in the Twin Mustang, as the Merlin had, as it happens. & the USAAF bosses, who'd invested so much into expensive turbo'd fighter powerplants were forced to admit it was a blind alley. Neither P-38, or P-47 could catch an early P-51 at low level, let alone those diabolical Nazi V1 cruise missiles, but Tempests could, & they stopped 800+ V1's - from crash diving into long-suffering Londoners. Tempests went on to shoot down every type of FW longnose & LW turbo-jet - in service, & P-38's didn't...
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No LC, I can "handle" them bad words. Shit, I've heard 'em all before, but the point is, Meplat's emotive response aint a substitute for understanding. He still has to grasp the difference between arrangements of multiple gear sets & the concept of "complexity". Yes, the gear set complex looks "busy", but compared to lifters/pushrods/rockers/poppet valves 'n' springs all bouncing around, jerking out of adjustment, - it is an accurate, durable, trouble-free set-up.
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Profanity does not help your case, Meplat. Denial/dIsmissal of listed merits - presented by a distinguished design engineer - as ad hype, like-wise. Gear drives, once set - keep time, like clockwork, & make regular pushrod OHV valve clearance checks - redundant.