Recently I've had reason to look into the gritty mechanical details of high-displacement aero engines in general and the Allison V-1710 in particular. All sources broadly agree that the V-1710 (excluding a few late-war models) generated its maximum power around 3,000 RPM, that it utilized a...
I've posted in here before about Joe Yancey and his very good Allison shop. Here's a few pics of a Soviet MiG-3 with a Joe yancey Allison V-1710 engine being flown in Moscow, Russia last fall.
1) On ground:
2) Here is a shot in the air:
3) Here is a shot of the aircraft in a left bank. If...
Should the US Army hyper engine and the Continental XI-1430 projects have been cancelled and the resources invested in development of the V-1710 and its derivatives?