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George Ruch wrote in message . ..
(Nev) wrote: Some of the latest developments in propeller aircraft has fascinated me. It also brought up an interesting hypothetical question; mostly when reading about modern day warbird replicas. With relatively easily available technology off the shelf (no rail guns or laser cannon please). Lets say a reasonable development budget of oh say $300 million. The question is are we capable of producing superior prop aircraft than the great fighters of WWII and what configuration would it take? [snip] If we were to design a new prop, gun armed aircrafy would it essentially look pretty similar to a carbon fibre, turbo-prop P-51 Mustang or would it be some bizzare split wing, dual rear engined travesty? Uh, it WAS a modernized Mustang- the Piper Pa-48 Enforcer of the '80s: http://www.aerofiles.com/piper-pa48.jpg .... and rejected too... Rob |
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