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08-05-2009, 02:30 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006
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| Sorry this is not about the chutes. I found yesterday that "gun heater" in the wing gun bays had been discontinued on the -B&-C and later models. Therefore the heater, a box like object in lighter colors can be seen on the gun bay illustrations, was only for the P-51A and (possibly) the former models. The heater was just a gasoline-air stove routing the air-fuel mixture from the engine carb via thick tubings laid in the wheel well and the wing. I presume the heater itself was sufficient enough to warm up the guns but it looks a bit too risky to have any kind of fire source in the structure. New type of electric gun heater seemed to be introduced on the later models.
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08-16-2009, 09:11 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006
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| I hope this helps. Am pleased to mention that the blueprints of the Mustang is now supplied in the form as shown below. I am grateful to Sicuro-sama for providing me a set of (thousands of ) materials which will require more than a few years to understand, and a joy of lifetime of mine at such a cost. North American Aviation P-51 Aircraft Blueprints Engineering Drawings (R)
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08-16-2009, 07:43 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: over the hill and far away
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Ouch... Price : $ 98.85 USD + S&H, cheers Jerry | |
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08-18-2009, 09:09 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Live on the Oz West Coast - Perth
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| I can't read a thing on that drawing ppopsie - can it be a bit more hi res, or is that it? Cheers Peter |
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10-28-2009, 05:21 AM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Helsinki
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| Super Cool. Thanks! |
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