carman1877
Airman
- 51
- May 14, 2009
I just was wondering about the P-39Q and what you everybody thought of it? I read that the "Q" model had one 37mm with 34 rounds and 4 .50s two cowling mounted with 200 rounds and 2 wing mounted with 300 rounds. Along with a drop tank or (1) 500 pound bomb under the fuselage. As many people know this plane had the engine in the mid section of the aircraft for several reasons. One is that they wanted to be able to fire the 37mm through the propeller hub, so they needed space in the front. Second they thought that since this was going to be used as a ground attack plane that having the engine in the middle would protect it more from AA fire. And unlike many planes of its time it had doors instead of a moveable canopy. The doors opened forwards like a cars and the window could roll up or down with a crank. People sometimes think that it would be hard to eject from this plane but when you pulled a red lever near the hinges of the door, the door flew off the plane making it easy to get out of. It also had a decent speed and range which is why it was one of Russia's best planes of WW2. The tricycle landing gear was also very knew and inovative for the time. So write whta you think of the P-39Q.
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