ORIGINAL: iiiat
Can't help repeating myslef... I love this thread. Great stuff guys. Question: do you think the large open "smile" on the chin of the Hellcat cowl is enough open area for cooling?
That big open "smile" is not very scale.... Hellcats had two dividers in there. Split the airflow up to supercharger and oil coolers, I beleive. Sorry I don't have any pics of my cowl sitting around, but if you check the picture below you can see how I added two pieces of balsa wood to simulate the splitters. 5 minutes work and IMHO it improves the front of the plane tremendously...
Andy