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04-10-2009, 09:42 AM
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04-10-2009, 09:49 AM
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| Siggy Master   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| He he he ....interesting. 
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04-10-2009, 12:27 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brownhills, W. Mids, UK
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 | God that is ugly... in a very appealing sort of way  Did this ever fly then, or does 'plywood stage' mean it was only ever mocked-up?
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04-10-2009, 12:33 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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 | According to the article, it briefly mentions that is thought to of only been a mock-up. Still, it is an interesting model, if just a little on the ugly side.
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04-10-2009, 12:35 PM
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04-10-2009, 12:36 PM
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| It does have 'something' about it... but you're right, the nacelles look really out of proportion.
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04-10-2009, 12:54 PM
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| Older Than Dirt  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| Those nacelles really look huge !! It looks like it needs tail booms, ala P-38.... Charles
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04-10-2009, 06:17 PM
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| I can't believe the undercarriage (would have) remained in its original P-40 position outside of those nacelles, it makes for an unnecessarily unclean frontal area given that the nacelles look capable of easily swallowing the gear mechanism - they're enormous |
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04-10-2009, 06:49 PM
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| Very interesting, hadn't heard of this before, thanks Colin. Have to agree it's ugly, unbalanced, somewhat pointless and not user friendly. Wonder why Curtiss didn't go ahead with the plans then..........!!
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04-10-2009, 09:37 PM
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| Good effort with the work...BUT! it's just not right..... 
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04-10-2009, 09:42 PM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| He blew it. Now imagine the same thing but F-82 style. Now that would have looked elegant!
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04-11-2009, 05:30 AM
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| It is ugly, but wonder what weapons would have been mounted on it. And where would u mount them. In the nacells, or wings?
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04-11-2009, 08:50 AM
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| Considering he made it off the is picture I dont think it looks that bad.
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04-11-2009, 09:07 AM
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04-11-2009, 09:36 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | That's just not right. Had they made that one, it would have been a candidate for the "butt-ugly airplanes" thread. Aside from having 2 engines for redundancy, I don't really see much of a benefit.
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