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<blockquote data-quote="CFE" data-source="post: 24116" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>Agreed, Pioneer. It's hard to think of any good reason why you'd want to build a spare-parts fighter. You generally want to build an aircraft that's optimized for the mission, not for the parts that are already in production.</p><p></p><p>I think that the use of the P-40 wing has much to due with the fact that both were Don Berlin designs. Dr. Berlin was confident in the flying qualities of the P-40 airfoil, so he kept it for his new fighter. I assume that the rest of the design process went something like this:</p><p>--We need a bigger fuselage that can accommodate the V-3420 engine</p><p>--The P-75 is going to be bigger than the P-40, so we can't reuse the P-40 tail unit. What do we have in the way of a bigger tail unit? The Dauntless? That will do the job.</p><p>--The P-75 is heavier than the P-40, so we need new landing gear. What can we use? Corsair landing gear should d the trick!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CFE, post: 24116, member: 807"] Agreed, Pioneer. It's hard to think of any good reason why you'd want to build a spare-parts fighter. You generally want to build an aircraft that's optimized for the mission, not for the parts that are already in production. I think that the use of the P-40 wing has much to due with the fact that both were Don Berlin designs. Dr. Berlin was confident in the flying qualities of the P-40 airfoil, so he kept it for his new fighter. I assume that the rest of the design process went something like this: --We need a bigger fuselage that can accommodate the V-3420 engine --The P-75 is going to be bigger than the P-40, so we can't reuse the P-40 tail unit. What do we have in the way of a bigger tail unit? The Dauntless? That will do the job. --The P-75 is heavier than the P-40, so we need new landing gear. What can we use? Corsair landing gear should d the trick! [/QUOTE]
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