P-40 pics, page 2! Warning! Lots of pics!

Crashin' Jack · Post by **Crashin' Jack** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:36 am

Rob, i hope ypu find these useful!

Post by **Moggy** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:24 am

More P40 stuff than you can shake a stick at :lol:

Thanks Jack!

Shreck · Post by **Shreck** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:15 am

WOW that is the boatload isnt it?

Thanks CJ!
Shreck

Wudpecker · Post by **Wudpecker** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:29 pm

Those will come in handy for some modder if we find the Holy Grail of hi-rez.

Such a beautiful aircraft. If it had been given a British engine.....

Crashin' Jack · Post by **Crashin' Jack** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:13 pm

Fear not, oh mighty Pecker of the Wud! For thy dreams may soon bear fruit...or something like that. The Hi Res P-40 B/C is about 80 % complete. It has been held up a bit as I just built a new house and moved over the last week. As soon as the cutains are hung and the barbecue settles into place, I hope to get back on it in earnest.

Cheers!

Post by **Moggy** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:34 am

If it had been given a British engine.....

http://www.zap16.com/mil%20fact/curtiss ... arhawk.htm

P40D/E "Kittyhawk" did use the Packard Merlin.

Wudpecker · Post by **Wudpecker** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:06 pm

Link didn't open for me this morning.

Was it a much better fighter that way?

Post by **Moggy** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:03 pm

Ther blurb there says this:

The P-40 series was in no way a very special fighter but was a more than average fighter-bomber, just two other US fighters were build in larger numbers the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the North American P-51 Mustang.

The base for the P-40 series was model 751, a model 75/XP-37A airframe was adjusted for the Allison V-1710-11 Line-engine (858 kW) and it became the first American fighter witch flew at a constant height at a speed of more than 483 Kph. (300 miles).

The type was bought by the US Army Air Corps under the name P-40 with a less powerful V-1710-33 engine.

Export versions where the Hawk 81-A1 for France, and the Tomahawk Mk I for the United Kingdom.

Improved models were:

P-40B (Tomahawk Mk IIA): with self closing fuel tanks, armor and better weaponry.

P-40C (Tomahawk Mk IIB): with improved self closing fuel tanks, and two extra machineguns in the wings.

P-40D (Kittyhawk Mk I): powered by the V-1710-39 engine (858 kW) with improved turbo to keep up performance at higher altitudes.

P-40E: With 4 wing machineguns

Kittyhawk Mk IA: Identical to the P-40E only 6x wing machineguns

P-40F / P-40L (Kittyhawk Mk II): New Packard V-1650-1 engine (969) an American build Rolls-Royce Merlin

The greatest power of the P-40 was the performance as fighter-bomber at low altitude and further developments were:

P-40K (Kittyhawk Mk III): P-40E with V-1710-33 engine

P-40M: with the V-1710-71 engine

and the final P-40N (Kittyhawk Mk IV): with V-1710-81/99/115 engine and alterations to decrease weight for improvement of performance.

Curtiss P-40F Warhawk

Developing Nation:
United States
First Flight(s):
not known
Crew:
1
Wing Span:
11,38 m.
Wing:
21,93 m2.
Length:
10,16 m.
Weight empty:
2989 Kg.
Flight weight:
4241 Kg.
Engine (s):
Packard build Rolls-Royce V-1650-1 Merlin line-engine with water-cooling (969 kW)
Max. Speed:
586 Kph. at 6096 m.
Max. Height:
10.485 m.
Max. Range:
603 Km.
Weapons:
6x 12,7 mm machineguns and a maximum bomb load of 227 Kg.

Research by M.v.Leeuwen

Last page-update: 07-Nov-2004