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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/03/2020 at 10:51 • Filed to: wingspan, Planelopnik

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Bell P-63C (originally !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ). This racer was assembled from various Kingcobras, and crashed into the Pacific on a test flight in 1972. The pilot bailed out. Later salvaged and parted out for another restoration.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 11/03/2020 at 10:57

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Not the most verbose accident report

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/128885

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 11/03/2020 at 11:06

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At least the  front didn’t fall off because P-63.

krustywantout > ttyymmnn 11/03/2020 at 11:36

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Where is the intake? I remember these having scoops on the belly.

ttyymmnn > krustywantout 11/03/2020 at 11:39

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That’s a good question. The scoop on the P-63 (and P-39) was behind the cockpit.

ttyymmnn > krustywantout 11/03/2020 at 11:42

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There are intakes at the wing root leading edge for the oil cooler , so they must have repurposed those somehow.

krustywantout > ttyymmnn 11/03/2020 at 11:55

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Thanks. For some reason I was picturing the Mustang with the belly scoop.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 11/03/2020 at 22:44

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Additional protection consisted of bulletproof glass, steel guards over the exhaust stacks, grills over the air intakes and thick-walled hollow propeller blades. The distinctive large dorsal engine air intake behind the cockpit was removed and replaced with a clamshell duct. 7

http://www.aviation-history.com/bell/p63.html

possiblytaken from the rp-63 target aircraft

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/03/2020 at 23:04

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So the clamshell duck was flush somehow? First I’ve heard of that. Can’t find any pictures of it. I do know that the decision to eliminate the supercharger in the P-39 was because Bell didn’t want to put an external air intake on it because it was too draggy. Maybe you can see it in this museum photo?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 11/04/2020 at 07:52

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inyour photo i see a tiny black slit against the contrast of the tan c46.

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=20444&d=1389707623

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?11563-P-39-Racer/page4

if you look at phot number 5 there appeat to be some openings in the front. photo #4 looks like access panels.