engines

I want to start this Thread with some engines in the MTU-Museum in Munich. At first a BMW003E which was installed in an He 162: And a half cowling of a He 162: The Riedel-Starter, belonging to the BMW003: BMW 114: BMW 801: BRAMO 323 R-1 Fafnir: BMW132 A-3: DB605D...

Moved from the other discussion given how far off topic it went, perhaps worth moving the discussion on chemical/nuclear weapons here too? (at least as far as their ability to be deployed on cruise missles) So, on top of that, use of easier to burn (yet still cheap to synthesize) fuels might...

Hello fellow engine nuts, For very strange reasons (possibly because I'm a strange person) I have compiled a massive list of valve timing specs from various sources (AEHS, Original Manuals, Jane's, etc.). However, the specs that I have for the Daimler-Benz DB 600, 601, 603, and 605 are...

I looked farther into the Gloster VTOL project in my last thread and found there were a few more. Enjoy Gloster Aircraft Company experimental VTOL designs 1958-1961 - Album on Imgur My thoughts on it: The 1958 entry is really an outlier 497, 504, 505, and 507 are all fighters using Rolls-Royce...

Continued from the line of discussion that developed following my post here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/horton-ho-229-vs-vampire-43105-5.html#post1199522 According to Curtiss XP-40 "The XP-40 flew for the first time on October 14, 1938, with test pilot Edward Elliot at the...

Does anyone have any idea what sort of performance a four engined He177 would have with Jumo 211F engines? Or DB601E engines? I'm assuming a 1942 operational date. Junkers Jumo 211 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daimler-Benz DB 601 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm assuming...

Here's a good article on manifold pressure for general info only. Not for fighter engines, but helps with understanding.

Lancaster KB882 heading west From what I can tell, it will not fly again, but the engines may end up running. It will also be left in its mapping configuration.

Here is a link to the EngineHistory.Org website. It is a link purportedly by Robert Beal who wrote a book about engines. http://www.enginehistory.org/Packard/StatsAllPackardAero.pdf In this file, about halfway down, it says all the Merlins were DOHC engines! Now, for everyone who has actually...

OOTB build with added figures, bomb racks, electric motors and base. Also subtle weathering, which I felt seems just right for an early Ju88, but TBH I like them clean-ish ;-) DSCF000 by triumphspeedtriple1050, on Flickr DSCF001 by triumphspeedtriple1050, on Flickr DSCF002 by...

Does anyone know it? Thanks Found: http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1944/1944%20-%200610.PDF

Premise of the thread: what kind of alternative fighters would you like to envision for design production in the UK, for the RAF, it's allies and export markets? By 'alternative', I mean the fighters that at 1st would not be dependable on the newest engines, whether in development or that are...

Why so long until late series to fit dorsal fillet to P47's? More powerful engines causing extra swing on takeoff?

Hi all Just like to say hello and slink back into obscurity. My grandfather Leslie Martin was an experimental engineer with RR, Napier among others, and deeply involved in development of engines during WW2 and also had an interesting career before that, was the young engineer who should have...

How was it possible for the P-63 to have such a good climb performance despite the weak engines?

Can modern air cooled inline engines compete with the water cooled engines of WWII? Perhaps there are no modern engines of those ratings being produced, if that is the case, then could modern air cooled technology produce engines competitive with water cooled engines of WWII?

Does anyone have any information about the PLZ Waran (1,200hp; 9 cylinder?) and Legwan (1,400 to 1,600) hp engines. I believe they were both air cooled radials, but were they single row or double row; what displacement; were they developed from existing engines?

Two aircraft that never made it to combat. How much would've each of them added to their respective sides, in case such options were pursued? Where to build them (factories etc.); what not to build in order to have them? Suitability for tasks other than as pure heavy day fighters? Any other...

From the Wiki.... In March 1940, the French and the British, through the Anglo-French Purchasing Committee, ordered a total of 667 P-38s for US$100M, designated Model 322F for the French and Model 322B for the British. The aircraft would be a variant of the P-38E. The overseas Allies wished for...

Zero answers after 250-odd views at WIX, so maybe you folks can help... I have read that the idea of putting supercharged but non-turbocharged engines on the P-61 was Jack Northrop's idea (presumably to save the weight and space of the turbos and their big intercoolers), and I have read that...