Shipbucket

Kurt Tank theory of aeronautics, "Not aerodynamic enough? Stick a bigger engine in it!".

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Blood and Fire

Well, all that extra muscle is going to hit the range quite a bit though.

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Source Materiel is always welcome.

For the Record, the Centaurus looks like shit on the Curtiss P-46, but I'll post Radials of the P-46.

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Seems like it worked pretty well for him.

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Korean AU

On Tank's theory, to little too late.

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"It is better to type nothing and be assumed an ass, than to type something and remove all doubt." - Me

Well it's what he did with the Fw-190 (Vs and As) and that worked out fine so not all that late.

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Blood and Fire

You know, radial engines weren't necessarily all that unaerodynamic if you apply the proper cowling. Of course, you'll be hitting hard cooling issues, and those are the very definition of anti-fun.

And I'm unconvinced about the weight issue either especially given the absence of a cooling system (though, see above).

F5U Seahawk:

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"It is better to type nothing and be assumed an ass, than to type something and remove all doubt." - Me

So I take it that in this particular scenario the flying flapjack never existed?

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Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein
The only stupid questions are the ones that go unasked.
Korean AU

oooo i would love to see that sorry to make a request but that plane had some serious potential its sad that the jet engine made it essentially outdated. However piston engined carrier aircraft would continue to serve for years. Anychance we will see the crusader 3 at one point too while i realize that both were real designs I'm sure some interesting version and paint jobs for them could be made

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