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02-24-2009, 10:48 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey
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 | Exhaust pipe reality? Any help here would be much appreciated... I have been revisited the P-40E, and spent a good amount of time getting the exhaust pipes just perfect - only to find that every one else does them different!  So... I think mine are right according to photos of actual aircraft... but am I missing something? Was there a 'switch over' to the 'round' from the 'flat' and does anyone know more about it? 
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02-24-2009, 11:13 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK
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| Being a sad old gi....bloke !...I've got some shots I'll put on when I'm back home from work that might help you. Check back later this eve !
__________________ Cheers Gary Not only am I a master of suspense, but I...  http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/sta...ect-18113.html "I’ll never worry about meeting a FW 190 in a 51 since I was able to outturn, outdive and generally out-maneuver him at all altitudes, from 23,000 feet to the deck; I could follow him in anything and do a lot more besides.” Richard D Bishop, 11 Sept 1944, 55th FG |
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02-24-2009, 02:05 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| here are 4 different p40's exhaust from Geneso 2008 |
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02-24-2009, 03:19 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK
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| Nice pics PB ! Clave...just for you, I've even include a shot taken at Oskhosh back 05, showing both types side by side to just to 'un-clarify' the matter even more !. It should be possible to confirm A/C No's of those two Hawks and see when they where manufactured, to see if that helps your query ? I think all thats missing from your profiles are the ubiquitous tennis ball exhaust bungs ! Nice work, keep it up
__________________ Cheers Gary Not only am I a master of suspense, but I... http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/sta...ect-18113.html "I’ll never worry about meeting a FW 190 in a 51 since I was able to outturn, outdive and generally out-maneuver him at all altitudes, from 23,000 feet to the deck; I could follow him in anything and do a lot more besides.” Richard D Bishop, 11 Sept 1944, 55th FG |
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02-24-2009, 04:32 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey
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| Great pictures everyone! Thank you.  Now I can see that there are two types, which makes me even more curious in a way - I know this is the case on Spitfires too, but it seems that every colour profile I have seen has the 'round' type, but the black-and-white plans show the 'flat' type, which matches the photos 99% of the time... OK - I have trawled through the drawings and found four types, so here's a *definitive* list: P-40 Exhausts: P-40A: Round (tilted up) Tomahawk IIA: Flat (tilted up) Tomahawk IIA: Round (tilted up) P-40C: Round (tilted up) Tomahawk IIB: Round (tilted up) P-40D: Round (straight back) P-40E: Flat (straight back) P-40F: Flat (straight back) P-40K: Flat (straight back) P-40M: Flat (straight back) P-40N: Flat (straight back) So, there you have it (until disproved) I will get back to my profiling now, happy in the knowledge that I might be right - at least for the time being... 
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