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Calum Douglas rated the Jumo 213 as the engine with the most modern concept as well as the one with the highest development potential. The peak would have been the Jumo 213N generating 2900 PS using C3 fuel and MW50.
Despite the fact that i ordered and payed his book i never received it possibly as a result from the chaos of brexit. His an expert , but the basic jumo213A was nothing special. Power to weight ratio was nothing special, there were releability problems at least until mid autumn 1944,
Altitude performance was better than the bmw801 but worse than db603A.
The j,n models were just projects
The Merlin is the only engine to be a dominant force in the major categories with the exception of transportation.
It dropped more tons of bombs than any other engine
It powered more single seat fighters than any other engine
It powered the premier night fighter of WWII
It powered the premier reconnaissance platforms of WWII
While its record is a bit mixed it did make significant contributions to naval aviation.
In comparison the R-2800 is pretty much a one trick pony.
It was in the top tier of engines for the entire war
Leaving aside the misspellings and poor capitalization, this question requires some clarification:hey just wonderiing what everyone think the best enigne of the war was id the say the pratt that went in the corsair i do like the merlin and the db601 and 605 but id still say the pratt
and which trick was that?In comparison the R-2800 is pretty much a one trick pony.
The R-2800 powered over 40,000 single seat fighters just counting the P-47, F6F and F4U.It powered more single seat fighters than any other engine
and which trick was that?
The R-2800 powered over 40,000 single seat fighters just counting the P-47, F6F and F4U.
Not as many as the Merlin but not too bad.
No four engine bombers but it did power the B-26, A-26 and Lockheed Ventura.
Over 3,000 C-46 transports, plus some late comers.
Over 600 flying boats during/right after WW II.
Was the failure of P-61 due to the engines or the joint America/British initial specification with the gun turret?
A discrete vail will be pulled over both the Merlin and R-2800 post war service as the Merlin didn't see much (new construction) and the post war R-2800s didn't share much of anything with the war time engines except the name and the bore & stroke.
My point is that the Merlin was at or near the top of several categories for the entire war. No other engine can make that claim. As a fighter engine it certainly in the conversation for best engine with the R-2800 as its main rival but the R-2800 didn't see combat as a fighter engine until 1943. The R-2800 certainly established itself as the best Naval fighter engine after it appeared, but the at the end of the war the USAAF still preferred the Merlin.That doesn't mean that it was the best. It just happened to have been used widespreadedly and was good enough to warrant that. It did have a fairly good development potential.
But the best? No.
If you didnt recieve the book, you should provide all the ordering details so I can chase it.Despite the fact that i ordered and payed his book i never received it possibly as a result from the chaos of brexit. His an expert , but the basic jumo213A was nothing special. Power to weight ratio was nothing special, there were releability problems at least until mid autumn 1944,
Altitude performance was better than the bmw801 but worse than db603A.
The j,n models were just projects
No worries, I'd been hoping it was the Swiss AF Museum engine hall in Dubendorf.Don't thank me just yet, I've led you astray, it's in the Slovak Republic.
A Visit to Museum of Aviation in Kosice - KN Aviation
Kosice, Slovakia’s second-largest city is home to the country’s best-known aviation museum. The city’s Museum of Aviation, or Letecke Muzeum Kosice as it’s known in Slovak, first opened its doors to the public in 2002 and is a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum. While most of the aircraft on...knaviation.net
In comparison the R-2800 is prettymuch a one trick pony.
It was in the top tier of engines for the entire war
Lets suppose there are no radials available for European bombing (they're all in use by the US navy or whatever).Without US radials you dont have a daylight bombing campaign maritime recon or a carrier force, without the Merlin you dont have a competitive fighter until 1941, no ultralong escort and no Lancaster so no Tallboys Upkeep or Grand slam until 1945.
Lets suppose there are no radials available for European bombing (they're all in use by the US navy or whatever).
Designing a bomber for use in 1942 that uses 4 merlins doesn't seem hard. The Lancaster was available then, and had there been no British radials probably many more British bombers would have been designed around it. Without radials, I assume the British get on with 4 engine Merlin powered bombers earlier than they did, which was operational in Feb '42.
If the Americans have no radials .. put four Merlins on a B-17. That seems possible!
They put V-1710s on the B-17 to create the XB-38
There was also the B-29 powered by Allison V-3420 engines.
Agreed.Yes there was. I think there was a better case for the XB-39 than the the XB-38.
The performance increase for the XB-39 over the B-29 was better than the XB-38 vs the B-17. It still wasn't enough to get an order, also the XB-39 was late in making its first flight.
The mistake the designers (Vega) of the B-38 made was to place radiators in the leading edge between the engines. It would have been better to package the radiators in the nacelles and leave the intercoolers where they were on the B-17. The nacelles should have been built as a self contained engine module, as the V-3420 was for the XB-39.
Late war jet engines were probably the best, big USA radials performed well in all theatres and niches, but without the Merlin the RAF and allies had nothing for the battles of France Britain, Malta and North Africa so you have a completely different war also without the Lancaster Halifax and Mosquito.