[ARC5] "Was the P-51 Mustang unbeatable?" on Quora

[Richard Knoppow]

    I only skimmed the article. One thing that is often 
overlooked is that the engine in the P-51 like its British 
counterpart could not fly inverted for more than a few seconds. 
The method of lubrication used in the Rolls-Royce/Packard engine 
would not provide adequate lubrication when inverted. That was a 
limitation in dog fighting. The Spitfire had the same problem 
since it used essentially the same engine.
    BTW, I saw a P-51 taking off from the Santa Monica airport a 
few years ago. The pilot just sat it on its tail and went up at 
an amazingly steep climb. Very noisy. They are such beautiful 
planes.

On 8/17/2021 12:10 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> Timewaster warning: this is possibly a waste of your precious time, but I found this Quora article
> quite interesting. Which leads to other tempting timewasters...
>
> https://www.quora.com/Was-the-P-51-Mustang-nearly-unbeatable-during-the-Second-World-War
>
> -Hue Miller
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