Adam
Great stuff - and you're not even getting paid for this!
One query:
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| The P51 Mustang, of course, was also a brilliant fighter..... Its high speed - 40mph faster than a Merlin engined Spitfire - was due to its then revolutionary laminar flow wing |
What about the theory that the P51's speed was at least partly due to the jet effect from the vortex nozzle shape of the radiator airflow duct - i.e. the radiator was employed to heat the air as it passed through so that it expanded and could be used to provide thrust? This theory was presented in
Aeroplane a few years back in an article by the North American executive who originally liaised with the RAF. Can't remember his name but I think I kept the issue so may be able to find it.
Adrian