My great uncle was shot down over Burma, April 9, 1944. He flew a P-38. He was KIA and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Thank you Great uncle Fred for your ultimate sacrifice for my freedom.
@emforty2 There's great misunderstanding when it comes to the allison v1701, its actually a very good engine, so good it's currently gone back into production. At altitudes that the forced induction systems were designed for U.s. planes were as fast or faster than european counterparts. US planes were designed to handle much higher g's than opposing aircraft with better protection for the pilot and systems and were conurrently heavier. I'd be happy to answer any relative questions
A few things I'd like to correct on my previous statements(1) It's the Allison V 1710, not the 1701 (typo at 2:00am in the morning).(2) The Allison is not back into production, but since there were more than 70,000 engines built, there is a thriving rebuild industry in place and for a price, rebuilt Allisons are available and sought after(my fault, I made the freshman mistake of only using one source of reference).
Ya...History channel as well. Pawn stars cajun pawn stars hard core pawn storage wars baggage wars etc.....History channel and discovery have followed the path of MTV and gone ALL REALITY ALL DAY.
you toob I would assume your reference to a cheap copy of the RR Merlin you are refering to the Packard built versions?? The Packard built versions were made with better more available material by better craftsmen and faster than the British version. Packard went on to further develop and improve the Merlin. Even RR Engineers "were Amassed" at the quality of the Packard built engines. After all Packard had been building aero engines for years
@@billycaspersghost7528 RAF bomber pilots used to worry if a Packard was put in their Lancaster's as they were not as reliable as ones from RR, this was because america could afford to make them as a throw away component.
@emforty2 There's great misunderstanding when it comes to the allison v1701, its actually a very good engine, so good it's currently gone back into production. At altitudes that the forced induction systems were designed for U.s. planes were as fast or faster than european counterparts. US planes were designed to handle much higher g's than opposing aircraft with better protection for the pilot and systems and were concurrently heavier. I'd be happy to answer any relative questions
My great uncle was shot down over Burma, April 9, 1944. He flew a P-38. He was KIA and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Thank you Great uncle Fred for your ultimate sacrifice for my freedom.
or my dog! LOL great plane and documentary all the same!
@emforty2 There's great misunderstanding when it comes to the allison v1701, its actually a very good engine, so good it's currently gone back into production. At altitudes that the forced induction systems were designed for U.s. planes were as fast or faster than european counterparts. US planes were designed to handle much higher g's than opposing aircraft with better protection for the pilot and systems and were conurrently heavier. I'd be happy to answer any relative questions
A few things I'd like to correct on my previous statements(1) It's the Allison V 1710, not the 1701 (typo at 2:00am in the morning).(2) The Allison is not back into production, but since there were more than 70,000 engines built, there is a thriving rebuild industry in place and for a price, rebuilt Allisons are available and sought after(my fault, I made the freshman mistake of only using one source of reference).
"Responsive and urgent but very controllable and well-behaved." Sounds like a BMW 3 series...
or a japanese girl!
great documentary!
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Allison is a dog engine
without the Brithis Rolls Royce Merlin and its cheap copies this plane will be just another low level dive bomber
"As the allies fought their bloody way across Burma" lol
I can do without the music too.
p51 is top 10 list but there are atleast 5 better ww2 fighters
Ya...History channel as well. Pawn stars cajun pawn stars hard core pawn storage wars baggage wars etc.....History channel and discovery have followed the path of MTV and gone ALL REALITY ALL DAY.
Awful music
you toob I would assume your reference to a cheap copy of the RR Merlin you are refering to the Packard built versions?? The Packard built versions were made with better more available material by better craftsmen and faster than the British version. Packard went on to further develop and improve the Merlin. Even RR Engineers "were Amassed" at the quality of the Packard built engines. After all Packard had been building aero engines for years
Rubbish
@@billycaspersghost7528 RAF bomber pilots used to worry if a Packard was put in their Lancaster's as they were not as reliable as ones from RR, this was because america could afford to make them as a throw away component.
@@rogernicholls2079 Rubbish
@emforty2 There's great misunderstanding when it comes to the allison v1701, its actually a very good engine, so good it's currently gone back into production. At altitudes that the forced induction systems were designed for U.s. planes were as fast or faster than european counterparts. US planes were designed to handle much higher g's than opposing aircraft with better protection for the pilot and systems and were concurrently heavier. I'd be happy to answer any relative questions