[Dietz]

It is a pretty little thing, & although it does have short legs & no guns ,I'm sure a center tank & canon boots would remedy this situation...

[RadPig94]

well is it a stunt plane?

[Deutschmark]

Its a P-51 all faired out with shorter wings and tail plane and many rounded parts for racing.
Looks cool.


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[Dietz]

Its a P-51 all faired out with shorter wings and tail plane and many rounded parts for racing.
Looks cool.


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Duetschmark...I'm surprised at you...in reality its the World Speed Record holding ( for a long time anyway,)Messerschmitt 209!
Of course this is a photoshopped version & maybe under all of those new pixels is a P-51...I say this because this looks a little big for the tiny 209...

[Deutschmark]

Its a P-51 all faired out with shorter wings and tail plane and many rounded parts for racing.
Looks cool.


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Duetschmark...I'm surprised at you...in reality its the World Speed Record holding ( for a long time anyway,)Messerschmitt 209!
Of course this is a photoshopped version & maybe under all of those new pixels is a P-51...I say this because this looks a little big for the tiny 209...

Ok I stand corected, what led me to think it was a modded P-51 is the center line wheel
Covers they look very P- 51 like and that the motor looked like a Rolls Royce, I just went
Out on the net and looked this up and sure it is a Messerschmitt Me209- V1 Reno Unlimited
And it does have a Rolls Royce motor, never seen this plane before today.

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[Murph]

Beautiful lines- so, this is a modern, prop-driven racer?

[Planemad]

Looks interesting

+1 for this plane :)

Planemad

[Dietz]

Here's where this came from...the artist is most convincing:

http://www.mil-art.com/showthread.php?t=1549

[Heinkel-162]

The Me-209 was a record-setting single-engine race plane for which little or no consideration was given to adaptation for combat. The second, the Me 209-II, was a proposal for a new development from the lineage that produced the highly successful Bf 109 that served as the Luftwaffe's primary fighter throughout World War II.

Powerplant: 1× Daimler-Benz DB 601 ARJ, 1,342 kW (1,800 hp)

Maximum speed: 756 km/h (469 mph)


+1!

[RadPig94]

record setting for its time? because F8F Rare Bear is faster: 528 MPH, climb rate 3000 M in 90 secs

[Serpiko]

Since you're speaking about records, check this out... :wink:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_M.C.72



Current holder of prop-driven seaplanes speed record... since 1934!

[caldrail]

The Me-209 was a record-setting single-engine race plane for which little or no consideration was given to adaptation for combat. The second, the Me 209-II, was a proposal for a new development from the lineage that produced the highly successful Bf 109 that served as the Luftwaffe's primary fighter throughout World War II.

Powerplant: 1× Daimler-Benz DB 601 ARJ, 1,342 kW (1,800 hp)

Maximum speed: 756 km/h (469 mph)


+1!

The original 209 was intended from the outset as a record breaker rather than a racer per se, the idea being a propaganda coup for Germany as the aircraft was named 109R in press releases.

As an aeroplane it was a nasty little handful. The test pilot reported a whole list of technical and handling defects.

http://www.air-racing-history.com/aircr ... %20209.htm

[Fireskull]

Sweet!


It looks stunning!

Thread was moved by me to Open Forum.



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[KG64_Cnopicilin]

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