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Why propellers of P-38 Lightning rotate outwards?

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Old 12-26-2007, 02:20 AM   #31
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I saw the thing about the ban a couple times (both on the P-38 and P-39 iirc) but it always did seem a bit odd. Thanks for the correction guys.

And he merlins probably weren't practical to fit to the P-38 due to the extensive changes needed (mainly structural changes to the nacelles). I wonder though, how much of the performance loss was due to the lack of turbos and how much was due to the elimination of the counter-rotation. (down to ~300 mph is a pretty big drop from ~400 mph...)
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