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28th Sep 2012, 21:29

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Look at the F4U Corsair. 4000hp available and it had whacking great long legs to clear that windmill of a four blade prop.

To be pedantic, the F4U-5 got about 3200 horse out of a R2800. Even the F2G only got 3000 horse out of an early R4360.

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