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I'm not convinced the Me-109Z would be less expensive to produce nor am I conviced performance would be as good.producing the Bf 109Z would bring you almost there with minimal effort compared to the complex pull/push design.
In short, the Meteor didn't even come close. And excuse about the wing area was just that, an excuse. The drag added in level flight was far below what would have been the case if it truly was the wing area which caused the difference in speed alone. Larger nacelles of the Derwent engine quite simply caused a lot more drag than the narrower ones of the Jumo 004. Simple concept of area rule.
Considering how cheap a Me 109 airframe was by 1942 I doubt the Z airframe would be more expensive than a Do 335. And don't forget the tooling, training for workers and ground crew...I'm not convinced the Me-109Z would be less expensive to produce nor am I conviced performance would be as good.
The Do-335 is going to roll a lot better due to having a single fuselage and both engines on the centerline. Overall high speed handling is likely to be superior as the Do-335 controls are optimized for 450 mph.
The Do-335 wingspan will present a smaller target.
The Do-335 will fly better with one engine shot out as both engines are on the centerline. 350 mph with 1 engine shot out is an outstanding performance and offers a decent chance to limp home.
Not that I am opposed to the Me-109Z. Perhaps an Me-109Z should participate in the RLM competition between the Fw-187, Me-210, Do-335 and Ar-240.
If the judges are fair I feel confident the Fw-187, Do-335 and Me-109Z will all score higher then the Me-210 as a long range fighter.
Burmese Bandit will be in charge of the aircraft weapons system. That way when we shoot the front propellor off he gets the blame.
Dornier had 20 years experience producing seaplanes with tandem engines. That's good enough for me. I am confident that bugs with the engine cooling system and other such glitches would be quickly solved.
On the same topic.....
Why weren't the He-177 and Ju-288 bombers produced with tandem engines rather then coupling two DB605 engines together? You should get similiar aerodynamic benefits without all the mechanical problems and fire hazards.
On the same topic.....
Why weren't the He-177 and Ju-288 bombers produced with tandem engines rather then coupling two DB605 engines together? You should get similiar aerodynamic benefits without all the mechanical problems and fire hazards.
Thanks Soren. Yes realised them being ait-cooled when I posted the pics. I had guessed they weren't as air-cooled inlines are not very common in WWIIHi Marcel,
From just looking at the illustration it seems that the Fokker used an aircooled engine, where'as the Do-335 used two liquid cooled engines. The tunnel intake only really works well with liquid cooled engines, where you have the radiator form a barrier between the air intake and outtake tunnel. The Do-335 featured a veyr large rear radiator with no less than 3 rear outtakes. The design was similar to that of the P-51.
Good , if you have the book what does it say on pg 86?
Yet he specifically made mention of the rear engine, yet failed to mention the front engine.
Thirty seconds seems an rather short time for an engine seizure, and would seem to indicate the rear engine cooling was marginal.
Burmese Bandit will be in charge of the aircraft weapons system. That way when we shoot the front propellor off he gets the blame.
Thanks Soren. Yes realised them being ait-cooled when I posted the pics. I had guessed they weren't as air-cooled inlines are not very common in WWIIThere was also a design of the Fokker using two Merlins, so judging from your info, this would have been a better option.
Pushing that much weight aft for the second pair of engines in the same nacelle could have posed an insurmountable aft cg issue..
If a P-51 had its radiator shot to pieces it would have around 30 seconds until seizure as-well. Are you claiming that the P-51 suffered from insufficient cooling of its' engine?
The Dornier tandem engine designs were unique.