P-51 Malcolm Hood details

[LukeFF]

@=FB=VikS, these may help:

 

 

 

More here, from the same plane: https://randallmalmstrom.wordpress.com/2020/05/16/north-american-p-51b-10-na-mustang-impatient-virgin-and-evoi-expected-value-of-information-ipo/

 

[Guest deleted@83466]

Well, there ya go!?  (after reading the DD today, I spent far too much time googling)

Edited September 4, 2021 by SeaSerpent

[LukeFF]

Check here, from about 2:50. This is P-51B "Berlin Express":

 

 

[LukeFF]

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[Chief_Mouser]

From this thread:

Malcolm Hood Inst'l AAF in ETO | Aircraft of World War II - WW2Aircraft.net Forums

 

 

 The WWII Malcolm had a contiguous bead front and back - but no frame. As retold to me (no claim on accuracy but came from a crew chief) they sometimes glued a leather strip on the front edge to develop a better seal against rain and high speed airflow.

[AtomicP]

Too quick for me @LukeFF!

 

I also came across this model https://imodeler.com/2013/01/148-tamiya-p-51b-mustang/ with a number of different views. 

[sevenless]

You easily can see that bubble shape of the malcolm hood. In contrast to the early spitfire hood which was used up to the Mk.V.

 

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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in P-51B Mustang 'Berlin Express' (vintageaviationecho.com)