Warbird Information Exchange

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this site are the responsibility of the poster and do not reflect the views of the management.
It is currently Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:03 pm

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » General Discussion » The WIX Hangar

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Classic Wings Magazine WWII Naval Aviation Research Pacific Luftwaffe Resource Center
When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 2 of 2
  [ 26 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2
  Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Mudge
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:11 pm 
Offline
2000+ Post Club
2000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:08 pm
Posts: 2993
Location: Bunker Hill, WV
Speaking of gas. One of my favorite movie lines:
"General. The Americans have enough gas to fly cakes across the Atlantic."
And we did!

Mudge the moviegoer :P

_________________
Land of the free because of the brave
Top
 Profile  
 
Steve Nelson
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:22 pm 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club

Joined: Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:32 am
Posts: 4333
Location: Battle Creek, MI
What flick was that one from?

SN
Top
 Profile  
 
JDK
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:24 pm 
Offline
Long Time Member
Long Time Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm
Posts: 6884
Location: The Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
hairy wrote:
Mudge wrote:
OK...OK...Merlins are out. Consider this...a pair of Griffons. :shock: :roll:

Mudge the revolutionary :wink:


Yeah Baby, and none of those namby-pamby contra props either. :twisted:

Go for contra-props on both engines.

_________________
James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Second Air Force
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:00 am 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:56 pm
Posts: 3442
Location: North of Texas, South of Kansas
Steve Nelson wrote:
What flick was that one from?

SN


I think that was "Patton".

Scott
Top
 Profile  
 
JDK
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:07 am 
Offline
Long Time Member
Long Time Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm
Posts: 6884
Location: The Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
Second Air Force wrote:
Steve Nelson wrote:
What flick was that one from?

SN


I think that was "Patton".

Quick search, looks like Battle of the Wrong Tanks, sorry Bulge

http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-the-bulge-film

_________________
James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Nathan
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:29 am 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club

Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:26 pm
Posts: 4969
Location: PA
Robert Shaw said it.

_________________
Shop the Airplane Bunker At
www.warbirdbunker.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Mudge
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:25 am 
Offline
2000+ Post Club
2000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:08 pm
Posts: 2993
Location: Bunker Hill, WV
Here I ask a perfectly valid "what if" and youse troops are sidetracked by a line from a movie.
What about the freakin' Griffons???



JDK wrote:
Second Air Force wrote:
Steve Nelson wrote:
What flick was that one from?

SN


I think that was "Patton".

Quick search, looks like Battle of the Wrong Tanks, sorry Bulge

http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-the-bulge-film


Geez..."Always with the negative vibes, Kightly."

Mudge the stirrer :twisted:

_________________
Land of the free because of the brave
Top
 Profile  
 
Hal B
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:36 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:32 pm
Posts: 697
Location: KBLI
Mudge wrote:
Here I ask a perfectly valid "what if" and youse troops are sidetracked by a line from a movie.
What about the freakin' Griffons???

Mudge the stirrer :twisted:


Interesting concept, but what would have been the point? The turbo-chargers already gave the P-38 the altitude capabalities lacking in the other other Allison powered aircraft, and IIRC the Lightning has some airspeed retrictions related to the tail feathers that would negate much of an increase in speed.

Still, the thought of two Griffons with contra-props on a P-38 is attractive.

_________________
"They can teach MONKEYS to fly better than that"

http://www.heritageflight.org
http://www.bravo369.org
Top
 Profile  
 
Second Air Force
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:05 am 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:56 pm
Posts: 3442
Location: North of Texas, South of Kansas
Nathan wrote:
Robert Shaw said it.


Yup, I suspected I was wrong when I typed Patton. Thanks for clearing it up everyone! :oops:

Scott
Top
 Profile  
 
Nathan
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:12 am 
Offline
3000+ Post Club
3000+ Post Club

Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:26 pm
Posts: 4969
Location: PA
Second Air Force wrote:
Nathan wrote:
Robert Shaw said it.


Yup, I suspected I was wrong when I typed Patton. Thanks for clearing it up everyone! :oops:

Scott


its ok dude. "when you stick your hand in goo that was once your friend you will know what to do". :shock: :shock:

_________________
Shop the Airplane Bunker At
www.warbirdbunker.com
Top
 Profile  
 
hahnej
 Post subject: Xp-58
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:15 am 
Offline

Joined: Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:56 pm
Posts: 190
Location: Waco, TX
Wasn't the Xp58 basically an upsized '38 to fly with the slightly larger than a Griffon experimental Allisons? Given that a Merlin is quite a bit heavier than an Allison already, I don't know the you could get Griffons on a '38, even for a Reno racer setup. Might be some really long boom extensions to counterweight it. Would be a mean airplane though.
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 2 of 2
  [ 26 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Board index » General Discussion » The WIX Hangar

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google Adsense [Bot], phil65, tulsaboy and 26 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Switch to mobile style
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group