The P51 was a superb aircraft.

But the engines do well to go 3-500 hours in field service.

And the world record speed run for a recip is held by an air cooled
engine.



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John Schroeder
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Subject: [LML] Re: Thielert Diesel Centurion 4.0

I would also add the P-51 to the list of superb liquid cooled aircraft.

John Schroeder


On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:46:07 -0400, <marv@lancair.net> wrote:

>  Old Av Proverb: trying to cool an aircraft with
> liquid is like trying to cool a submarine with air {g}.
>
>
> [It's a good thing Reginald Mitchell wasn't aware of that "Old Av
Proverb" otherwise he might not have designed the Spitfire, arguably one
of the finest aircraft built during WWII.  <Marv> ]
>
>
> --




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