One last thingabout weird: I am in the process of designing a 60% P-38, and that dictates very compact power-plants (not that I need to be at all convinced about the rotary engine), and the other thing that will make it work is to have the interior of the cockpit arranged like a sail plane - recumbent style.  I am 67 and may not get there, but it's fun and it keeps my brain sharp.
Thank you, Bernie

Bernie;

 

That sounds like a very interesting project. It was the first model I built when I was a kid – loved it then, and always have. Has anyone done a scaled down P-38?  You’d think with all the takeoffs on the Mustang; somebody would have done a Lightning.

 

Nothing wrong with being weird and turning an engine on its side.  Doing things different just means you need a thorough understanding of what you’re doing.  Since this is a project that is somewhat downstream; you’d probably want to be thinking renesis, or even 16B.  Maybe someone has checked the oil drainback passages in the renesis. Of course a couple of 20Bs would make that thing GO.

 

Best wishes,

 

Al G