DENIS SMITH wrote:

I've had the same dream!!  Several years ago I wrote
Lockheed in Burbank for some info on the P-38 and they
sent me a packet with photos and a three view drawing
of it.  Not much help as far as technical data but
enough to whet my interest!  The 20B might be better
for potential power.

Well,

You guys are not alone. I have had the same thoughts; er fantasy. There is a
guy who has built a scale replica with two 4 cyl geo engines in it.  Maybe
we could buy the airframe real cheap after the engines cato.

One nice thing about the P-38 is that it was designed to utilize a
liquid-cooled, turbocharged, intercooled, engine. All the ducts are already
there! Two turbo'd 20B's would be perfect. There is even a place for the
waste gate to exit. The local air museum has a GE turbocharger like the ones
used in the P-38, quite an interesting piece of hardware. The turbo's you
would have to use would be a different form factor than the original axial
turbines, but you could still put them in the same place and exhaust upward.
The P-38 definitely had a sweet sound from those turbines. The best of both
worlds, turbine and piston sound {:-). If you guys find the financing let me
know (wink, wink)

Monty

 
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