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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
I'm not sure about the twin Pulqui. It seems like a lot of trouble to go to. The baseline I-02 with a 1500hp engine should be toddling along at around 430mph which is more than fast enough. 1000nm range isn't difficult in a single seat fighter. Should be able to manage it with internal fuselage fuel. I did some calculations for a long range Spitfire some time ago, fitting maximum size internal fuel tanks (apart from the wing PR ones) and you can get a range up to around 1800nm even before adding external tanks. The only way it makes sense to me is if twin engine reliability is needed (though actually you're more likely to suffer engine failure, just not aircraft loss, though with the mountains in Chile may not). The P-82 was the only aircraft with reasonable flying time to use this arrangement, and it wasn't really a success. You're better off with a conventional design unless the time pressure is there to use an existing design.
To sum up; If Chile wants such an aircraft, they're better off buying a conventional type. If Chile wants to design such an aircraft, this is a pretty reasonable stab at it.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
You say the P82 was not a success. Please clarify. Aside from it's use as a prop-driven anachronism in the jet age, I've never heard anything but high praise for the design.
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We can fill that inner wing with all manner of cannon combos, lug all kinds of bombs under its wings and later radar pods and a second crewman
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Originally posted by AdmKuznetsov
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