the lancaster kicks ass
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- Dec 20, 2003
yeah but not in 1940............
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loomaluftwaffe said:kool i thought u would contradict what i said like what u usually do.
Oh yeah? Look north.CurzonDax said:Yes like Vanderbilt football, even though the US had some diamonds in the rough, we sucked.
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loomaluftwaffe said:y isnt anyone ordering a Pe-8 for 1940?
R988 said:same with the P-38 none of the limp wristed non turbo versions the yanks tried to give the British first
the lancaster kicks ass said:i've always heard it was because the americans didn't want us getting our hands on the turbochargers.............
Glider said:As I understand it the decision to to go without turbochargers was because the concern was that this could cause delay in delivery as turbochargers were fairly new. As the aircraft was going to be used at low- medium altitude this wouldn't be a problem.
The decision that caused the most anguish was that the RAF planes didn't have handed engines. They both turned to the right giving the aircraft almost dangerous handling characteristics. This is the decision that caused the most objections from the Lockheed engineers.
After the order was rejected by the RAF I believe that they were completed with handed engines and used for a while by the USAAF to train new pilots. They still lacked the turbos but they were considered very fast at low altitude with goood handleing and helped with the training.
Blaming the performance sounds like a desk bound persons smokescreen for what was an appalling decision in the face of the experts advice. That however I cannot prove.