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Originally Posted by bugstrider
Another great design also lost in a crash at Reno.
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Question for the pilots:
In my flight sim the RedBull P-38 propellers are opposite-rotating. Both travel upwards past the center cockpit/nacelle.
But this entry indicates that is impossible:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-82_Twin_Mustang
Initially, the left engine was a V-1650-23 with a gear reduction box to allow the left propeller to turn opposite to the right propeller, which was driven by the more conventional V-1650-25. In this arrangement both propellers would turn upward as they approached the center wing, which in theory would have allowed better single-engine control. This proved not to be the case when the aircraft refused to become airborne during its first flight attempt.
Is there something special about the F-82 layout that changes the airflow patterns?