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Ohhhh, you are the cheeky bunch aren't you? I stand corrected. Next time state your sources.

Absolutely fantastic, thank you for sharing Dave, Welcome to the forum. Cheers Martin

Thank you Hubert.

I understand and don't want to turn this into a personal fuss . Any factual input would be greatly appreciated. And since this has become a huge bug in my head, I just purchased a scan of the USN Pilots handbook for the Curtis SC-1. Its not a bible, but here is what I've learned so far. Canopy does not jettison Single, parachute type personal raft is attached to the pilots harness. Stored by the seat bucket. Sea rescue provisions including Mae West life jacket are stored behind the armor head rest, that folds down forward for pilot to access it. There are miscellaneous "loose" provisions, intended for cold weather use, which some is stored at the same compartment Directives on take offs and landings are "canopy open" Regulatory drag efficiency diagrams are related only to the cooling flaps position.

Hubert, we all understand why the canopies are open on approach and take off. You came from guessing to a making solid statements such as " it was found" etc. Can you back it up by any kind of evidence or documentation? Probably not and yet you insist. I provided pictures showing the few facts in contrary to your assumptions. There is a raft sitting on the frame. If you jettison canopy, you most likely loose the raft too. There is a fabric cover, or whatever is left of it, to provide cover of that particular compartment. Bubble canopy of sc-2 has identical volume and shape as the framed one and does not contain the raft pack which was moved to the fuselage. You started with a bunch of assumptions and now you stating what was found, by whom, when? With all due respect I am not buying it. Try to look at these these rhetorical questions. Why was there a cover? How do you access the raft? Why did they moved the raft into the fuselage with the addition of the bubble canopy? And provide me with some solid base to support your argument. I will leave it with that. Carl apologies for polluting your build thread.

Really nice result John. Unusual scheme, clan finish, well done sir. cheers Martin

Now, that’s what I call automotive finish. Blinding Cheers Martin

Philosophy starts by finding the things that are prosaic, utterly mysterious. The only reason to fly with open canopy would be better visibility, that would lead to the new frame-less canopy development and an issued order, "don't do it, so we don't have to cut extra holes into it..." Mom, how we are going to service the raft? And what will happened to the raft once we jettison the canopy that this this is obviously sitting on? Look Mom, fabric covering of the raft access hole, can I rip it for better aerodynamics ? Oh look Mom, the fabric is still on, sucks to serve on Iowa with such prop wash. look Mom no drag to speak about (final phase of landing-drag sensitive). and that's one big propellor Look Mom no additional drag to speak about on the take off either and my canopy has no extra holes. (initial catapult assist take-off)

I can't provide any assurance, only assumptions. However, for some reason, the SC-2 with bubble canopy had an additional/new dinghy hatch on the side of the fuselage. So my question is, with the unframed bubble canopy there was suddenly no need for prop wash phenomena remedy? Having said that , if you look at the color picture in my previous post , the raft bag is sitting right there, blocking the slipstream passage with only oner way to access it.

Slipstream created by propeller is usually dealt with by the angle or the shape of the vertical stabilizer or rather bf trim tab on the rudder. There must be a simple reason, like providing the access for removing the dinghy from its given compartment.

I don't get it. by creating irregularities on the surface you are introducing disturbance to the airflow, therefore increasing turbulence and drag. What I am missing here?

Interesting, I have never noticed that missing glazing. Well done

Oh, apologies about the confusion. That is the F model with different radiator setup.

yup, same here , boiling water worked for me.

Col. Scott with his K, not E, shows the above mentioned features. A quick note for future victims, Barracuda E decal copied this style of shark mouth.

Indeed, also a trademark of all P-40s is the fact that spinner almost covers the data stencil on the root of the blades. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

On K model both sides should have them. And the position lights on the side of the fuselage were erased on many K's too.

Nice and swift progress John, I got inspired and ordered the FineScale seatbelts