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Old 11-21-2011, 01:02 PM
TomcatViP TomcatViP is offline
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Sry boys but it's not the supercharger sound that give the Corsair its nickname.

Vought worked hard with Hamilton to fit the Huge PW with a low speed prop. The idea was to get a higher Mach at alt for the airplane in a very clean configuration despite (very relatively) the radial engine

The side effect was that in a high speed dive, the prop tips reached the speed of sound with the typical whine as a result.

Regarding the pic Tiger posted : how many Spit ace can tell me how that pilot cld enjoy the same rear view as we hve in CoD ?

@Klem : I hear them more and more scarcely

Last edited by TomcatViP; 11-21-2011 at 01:05 PM.
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