North American F-82E Twin Mustang night fighter

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teamkaos@reddit

What's better than one Mustang? Why two, of course!

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Begle1@reddit

This has never seemed like something that should've worked as good as it did.

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Wolffe_In_The_Dark@reddit

I mean, it's literally the capability of two Mustangs for the weight of slightly less than two Mustangs, which also means flight performance is slightly better than one Mustang.

It's so simple to the point that it feels dumb, but it works. The math maths. Sometimes the efficient choice is also the Kerbal choice.

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He-who-knows-some@reddit

Wing tip to tip to tip as a triangle? Or like the uhhhhhhh misseltoe? That one German project where a JU88 was given the Viking funeral…

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Begle1@reddit

How about 4 in a biplane configuration?

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ctesibius@reddit

Or maybe three, with the third fuselage above and between the first two.

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Wolffe_In_The_Dark@reddit

I mean, the only thing stopping you is airframe rigidity, but if you could solve that problem...

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Mythrilfan@reddit

I mean, it's literally the capability of two Mustangs for the weight and drag of slightly less than two Mustangs,

To be fair, that could theoretically be said of any aircraft x2, but there are reasons this hasn't usually been done. 2x B52... I mean okay, that's basically the Stratolaunch Roc, but still.

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MajorRocketScience@reddit

Was originally proposed for the space shuttle carrier, only got cancelled when NASA was given two 747s for free

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antarcticgecko@reddit

Each half of an F-82 is significantly larger than a typical P-51, and the two types use very few common parts. I was surprised when I found out too.

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Wow! I saw a goofy comparison pic of this and I had no clue they made a radar pod for the F-82, I’ve of course seen the gun pod and pick your poison on ordinance, but I couldn’t figure out the beluga whale pod it was equipped with in the overhead profile.

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cbj2112@reddit

P-102 would’ve been a cooler name

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Fun-Restaurant-4644@reddit

Two pilots one plane. Sounds like a video i saw a while back on the internets

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NSYK@reddit

Looks at A-10…

Guys, I have an idea

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CrashingTheApex@reddit

Ai, 3 engines, second fuselage has sensor suite instead of cockpit

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YoungMasterWilliam@reddit

Was this ever seriously considered (and thus named), or is it just fan art?

Asking for a friend who wants to track down hi-res poster images.

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CrashingTheApex@reddit

Ai art, prompted Gemini nano banana specifically

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YoungMasterWilliam@reddit

Thanks

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NSYK@reddit

With engine improvements perhaps they could have two higher trust turbines mounted on the inboard side to help with engine out control

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Bombadilo_drives@reddit

The second cockpit is absolutely critical. Shooting bro a thumbs-up after a kill is the most important aspect of the platform

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Atholthedestroyer@reddit

For twice the hits during a Blue-on-Blue?

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MilsYatsFeebTae@reddit

“Why did that guy shoot up all the dirt on either side of our tank?”

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DarthBrooks69420@reddit

'Sorry about that. We'll be sure to kill you along with the enemy next time '.

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RainierCamino@reddit

US builds tank killer plane

Tank killer plane kills tanks

Allies mad

confused A10 pilot noises

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KommandantDex@reddit

"Look, the job description didn't say what side the tanks had to be on."

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Captain_Lolz@reddit

Can't do friendly fire if you can't hit shit

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bearlysane@reddit

The F-82 solved this by putting all the guns in the center, plus the option of a gun pod with 8 more .50s. So now I’m envisioning it with one (or two? Three?) GPU-5/A pods. (Yes, I know, they were too beastly to actually work properly, but, this can be engineered around.)

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Psycle_Panda@reddit

The 1970s just called and they want their idea back. It's actually been proposed a couple of times, resurrecting and upgrading the F-51 as a modern light attack aircraft.

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Forte69@reddit

The Yak-110 is the same concept, but with a jet engine added for fun.

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KommandantDex@reddit

This is the most Kerbal Space Program shit I've seen all day.

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Banjo-Elritze@reddit

Enjoy the takeoff

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KommandantDex@reddit

RATO - It's not just for C-130's anymore.

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PL_Teiresias@reddit

Fun fact: F-82 and P-51 have almost no parts in common at all. I read one article that said only the tailwheel strut was the same.

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johnpmac2@reddit

I always had this idea that it should be able to split in two and then join together again

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comfortably_nuumb@reddit

Keanu Reeves voice: Whoa.

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HarryTheHatGuy@reddit

They really should have called it the F-102

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KommandantDex@reddit

You will NOT steal my Delta Dagger

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Abandondero@reddit

North Korean fighter pilots must have lost crucial seconds shaking their heads and blinking because they thought they were going cross-eyed.

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flapsmcgee@reddit

Im seeing double! Four Mustangs!

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KommandantDex@reddit

"Why are there so many holes in my Twin Mustang?"

"Speed holes, they make the plane go faster."

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RLoret@reddit (OP)

Always loved that joke.

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Keyrov@reddit

They did squint a lot, that’s for sure

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Forte69@reddit

The Yak-110 is similar to this, only there is an underslung jet engine in the middle.

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JayGold@reddit

It must feel kind of weird to fly something like this. The offset cockpit means rolling the plane either lifts or lowers you, so you'd feel G-forces usually associated with a climb or dive.

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D74248@reddit

They tested the positioning i. a P-38. (HERE)[https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F6r7s2q2euph51.jpg)

The second cockpit went where the turbocharger had been. It did not have flight controls.

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dsaysso@reddit

i heard they had issues which is why they stopped production

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Algaean@reddit

Not so much problems, more that the Twin Mustang was produced at the dawn of the jet age, and was eventually superseded by more modern jet fighters. It was a perfectly capable aircraft with long range and good performance, just newer stuff came along.

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Psycle_Panda@reddit

It had the legs to escort B-29s on intercontinental bombing runs, while early jets lacked the range. It was also useful early in the Korean war, as it could fly from Japanese bases and have decent loiter time over the peninsula before bingo fuel. The first victory of the war was scored by an F-82 over Gimpo.

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"No, this is going in my report."

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