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When DB603 began to design (somewhen about 1941), what airplane it was planed to be installed on? What was it`s original consumer?
Was it originally design to be equipped by cannon shooting throe propeller shaft?
With the benefit of hindsight....
Germany should have made a beeline for the DB603 and Jumo213 engines beginning during 1936. 1,750 hp versions of both engines would be in production during 1941. Meanwhile development of both engines continues until they achieve their full potential of 2,350 to 2,600 hp. Forego development of the V24 piston engines. The next generation of German propellor driven aircraft will be powered by Junkers designed turboprops.
BTW, here is an excellent article on the development of the Junkers Jumo 022 turboprop. The He-177 needs one of these 6,000 hp turboprop engines under each wing. 8)
Creation of the TV-2 (NK-12) turboprop engine
Why did you conclude so?Wow those Jumo 022 turboprops would have sucked back 4300kg of fuel per hour @ maximum power, giving only a 2-3 hour endurance, maybe 1400 miles range @ top speed ?
Why did you conclude so?
It is the table at the end of the article about JuMo 002/TV-2/NK-12 where is the figure of fuel flow - 0.36 kg/ehp-hour for JuMo 022. So it should be only 2160 kg/h at max. thrust this engine (design only).
And the final engine of this line NK-12 of 12000 hp has only 0.16 kg/hp*h of fuel flow. So it take only 1920 kg per engine @ full power. So Tu-95 with four NK-12s are flying till now
Actually, the DB603 was already under development when the T80 was authorized.... Daimler Benz was asked by Ernst Udet to supply engines for the land speed attempt by Hans Stuck. The DB601 was thought adequate at first, but Britains' Campbell upped the ante, so the prototype DB603, the V3, was enlisted. BTW, the DB603 was produced in such small numbers mainly because the DB head of design, Fritz Nallinger, never sought official sanction, but allowed development to proceed without the blessing of the RLM. As a result, it was always seen as a "stepchild".