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Manuals for the BMW-132A Motor BMW-132 (russian), dated 1944. Aircraft Engine BMW 132 A3 - E2, dated 1935.

Hi there! I am just asking this question because my memory is a little foggy. Didn’t the A series not perform well above 6000 meters because the Kommandogerat system couldn’t function well at high altitude? Did the Jumo 213 in the Dora have an improved Kommandogerat system or was its horsepower...

Almost all Italian fighters of the early war years were radials, with the license built DBs available later, they became inlines, eg MC 200 to 202, G 50 to G 55. Do you think the Italians would have stuck with radials if they had engines of sufficient power? Could they have used the BMW 801...

One of the biggest issues of German R&D during the war was the proliferation of projects being worked on; if the RLM got some sense and parred things down for BMW how much more quickly could the BMW 801 have developed. Let's assume that other than tweeking the BMW 132 and working on the BMW 003...

Hello, I must admit I'm not very knowledgeable on engines, thus I have a few questions on the BMW 803 cotra-rotating prop engine. Here is some criticisms wiki has to offer: Is this low power-to-weight ratio really that horrendous? How could it be improved? Would it have been better to throw...