Almost? come on man.
I forgot what type of plane it was on, but there was one with a straight six and the cylinders were too high and obstructed the pilots veiw so they just flipped the engine upside down, and no I dont know the specifics of operational oil sumps and pickups so dont ask.

 

Kinda like this

Edit: Way too big

Reedit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A...y_Major_RH.jpg

 

Navigation is the bane of my existance!

 

good set of maps and a VOR or two to help out, nothing wrong with navigation.I've never flown outside of the university using anything other than plain old Pilotage and Dead Reconing, never had to. One time I did a cross country flight 50nm each way to an airport I'd never been to from an airport I'd only flown from twice, and didnt even bother with bringing a map.

My brothers wife would have been pissed if I got us lost...

 

I don't have the math background for navigation. I'd be a damn good VFR pilot if I could get the navigation down. I really don't see how IFR pilot's do it.

 

COme on Vic, how are you ever gonna get your EIB with no land nav skills?

 

http://www.rotecradialengines.com/0RotecR2800/R2800.htm

110hp rated, 172 cubic inches (2.8 liters), 224lbs dry - i wouldn't want it on a bike.

 

You dont have to do much math really just spin that E6-B and your good to go. Miles you went on the outside, time it took on the inside, speed you flew at the 60. Go to your distance to go and check out how long it will take to get there. just takes a little practice. I know some guys who can plan a cross country flight with Time fuel and distanceforclimb, cruise, decent, and total plus ground speed, andwind correction angle for each phase of flight in under 2 minutes, and they dont think they are good at math.

Or you could just go to http://www.fltplan.com/AwFmsNewFlt.e...amp;end=MSGend

 

But - the Zeros could still out-turn and out-manuever most of the American planes at the time - including the most common - F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat.

The P51 Mustang and the P63 Kingcobra were some of only a few American planes that could hang with the Zero.

 

Except the fact that the F6F Hellcat was a redesign of the F4F Wildcat with the purpose of going toe to toe with the Zero and became the most sucessful fighter aircraft of all time with over 5000 kills many of which were Zeros. The mustang had a relatively limited deployment in the Pacific Theater and did little to turn the tide of the war in the Pacific. Check out "The Zero Killer" on Dogfights.

Edit: BTW The F6 was a hideous aircraft compared the the beauty of the P-51