Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "THE GROUNDHOG: The Navy's First Afterburner Fighter Had An Embarrassing Performance Problem" video.

  1. Westinghouse along with General Electric are both companies with their industrial efforts in many areas. They are more akin to large Japanese industrial firms. GE got the original US contract to build versions of the original Whittle centrifugal jet engines because of their experience with building turbosuperchargers for aircraft engines and high temperature alloys. Both companies have experience with steam turbine and generating sets for power plants. Other US companies that became involved in jet engine technology were Allison and Wright. Companies that would build engines under license included Studebaker and Allis Chalmers iirc.
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  2. Having an interest in building card models I'm pleased to see that there have been at least two versions of this lesser known aircraft available. One in 1/33rd scale and a bundle of three versions in 1/100th. The three great things about card modeling are 1) At 1/33rd scale it at least a magnitude cheaper than plastic. 2) Because of greatly reduced development costs unusual subjects can be done even in large scales. 3) If you scan the parts sheets you have a back-up if you mess up. Just print more parts 😊
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  3. Given its ditching performance maybe it should have been called the Seaview. Interesting take on the invention of the afterburner. Although i would think it can be traced to experimental motorjets.
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