kool kitty89
Senior Master Sergeant
Ok, and I'm pretty sure the P-80 used laminar flow wings. (the P-59 did too, but with wings that large and thick, 45.5ft span 386 ft2 area, this canceled out any low drag benifits... Plus there was the general lack of streamling and wind-tunnel testing durring development; no wonder it ended up a lemon.)
It is interesting though, that no US jet-powered fighter has ever used external engine nacelles, the Airacomet was the closest they got, and even it had the engines incorporated into the wing-fusalage junction...
It is interesting though, that no US jet-powered fighter has ever used external engine nacelles, the Airacomet was the closest they got, and even it had the engines incorporated into the wing-fusalage junction...