Comments by "GivenFirstName FamilyFirstName" (@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935) on "American Spitfire; the Curtiss XP-46 “Kittihawk”" video.

  1. Such nonsense, the Brits loved the Mustang I/IIs and used them until they wore out, it was miles better than the P-40 at all levels and vastly outperformed the Spitfire MkV at low level. The USAAF took all the P-51As that they could get and even took a ground attack version to get around funding restrictions. No more were made once the P-51B/C came out. The RAF’s low level photos for OVERLORD were taken from Mustang I/IIs.
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  2. Air getting past that fuselage was brutally tortured! intakes and ducts needed a lot more brain power, compare a P-38 and a Mosquito. The poor speed might also have been partly from imperfect fit prototype panel joins. Much of the P-51 performance was due to best in the world build quality from North American.
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  3. They did force the retirement of the Bf109E in North Africa.
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  4. Lipstick on a pig.
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  5. Wee wee🤣
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  6. It had rounded wing tips so it would have less induced drag than a P-51 or clipped Spitfire. Trim drag? did it have an enormous Centre of Gravity range? was the horizontal stabiliser badly rigged? Cooling drag sounds sound. Probably very overweight too and the cross sectional area increases with length look abrupt.
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  7. It was world class in 1939.
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  8. What country was it from?
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  9. Were Curtiss or Bell the top producers of second rate but perhaps slightly pretty donkeys? The P-36 must have looked hot to the French, seeing what they were used to.
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  10. It looked quite Soviet.
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