Navalized P-38 Lightning?

"Jim Herring" wrote in message
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Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook. Don't even think
about putting on the aft wing (I don't know what you call it).


Horizontal stabilizer. If you know so little of aircraft that you don't
even know basis nomenclature how do you know the horizontal stabilizer is a
bad place for a tailhook?



If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail as it dips down


Placing it on the fuselage would put it near the main gear.



Also the USN and the USAAF were fighting for resources. No way they
would share combat aircraft. Transports are another story.


They navalized a P-51.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Jim Herring" wrote in message
...

Nope. Think of where you would put the tailhook.
Don't even think
about putting on the aft wing (I don't know
what you call it).


Horizontal stabilizer. If you know so little
of aircraft that you don't
even know basis nomenclature how do you know
the horizontal stabilizer is a
bad place for a tailhook?



If you put it
on the fuselage you're sure to break the tail
as it dips down


Placing it on the fuselage would put it near
the main gear.



Also the USN and the USAAF were fighting for
resources. No way they
would share combat aircraft. Transports are
another story.


They navalized a P-51.



That was the Seahorse P-51. Wasn't it tested as a backup to the Corsair because
of the F4U's carrier problems in the USN? Or was it another reason altogether?



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