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

[Robert P. Meadows]

Not so much the oil system, but the FUEL system and carburetor.
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    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-th
> e-Second-World-War
>
> -Hue Miller
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