The P-51 Mustang's 3 Methods of Propulsion

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The P-51 is well celebrated and frequently talked about. What is seldom mentioned is it's how it achieves it's high speed flight. Spoiler alert: it's not it's laminar flow wings, but due to its high amount of thrust. In this video I cover where all this thrust comes from. Support me on Patreon : patreon.com/letsgoaviate Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lets_go_aviate/ NACA Wartime Report - Flight Tests of NACA Jet-Propulsion Exhaust Stacks : https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search?reportNumber=NACA-WR-L-680 NACA Special Report - Experimental Determination of Exhaust Gas Thrust : https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20090014842. ARC Report by F W Meredith - Cooling of Aircraft Engines : https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/1425?show=full The P-51 The Real Story - Rebuttal : https://www.aahs-online.org/pubs/journals/files/422108.pdf IMAGE ATTRIBUTION Rolls-Royce Merlin-author JAW at English Wikipedia (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en), crop+zoom P-51D Mustang ‘413334'-author Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) crop+zoom Rolls-Royce Merlin 62-author Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) overlair text P-51B Mustang '324823'-author Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) crop+zoom P-51 Mustang '4472364' US Civil Registration: N723FH-author Eric Friedebach (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) crop+zoom Packard V-1650-7-author Hunini (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) background cut North American P-51D "Gunfighter"-author Acroterion (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) crop+zoom P-47 Thunerbolt-author Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) crop+zoom Supermarine Spitfire LF9e-author Julian Herzog (http://julianherzog.com/) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en) crop+zoom Turbojet operation-author Emoscopes / *derivative work: M0tty (talk) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) no changes P-51D Mustang 4413521-author Julian Herzog (http://julianherzog.com/) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en) crop+zoom P-51C-author Max Haynes - MaxAir2Air.com (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) no changes Spitfire Mk IX-author Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) crop+zoom+overlaid arrows A formation of aircraft flying over Canberra for Victory in the Pacific Day-author Roke~commonswiki (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) crop+zoom P-51D Mustang Exhaust Stacks-author Les Chatfield https://www.flickr.com/photos/elsie (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) crop+zoom VIDEO ATTRIBUTION FIGHT FOR THE SKY, THE by PublicResourceOrg (https://youtu.be/ApEwtU66dAo), license CC_BY Chapters 0:00 The Legendary P-51 Mustang 2:10 First Source of Thrust - Propeller 4:18 Second Source of Thrust - Radiator 11:25 Third Source of Thrust - Exhaust 14:44 Better Than a Jet Fighter? NO!