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- Dec 13, 2009
Wrong my friend. Siegfried Gunter used the coupled configuration to reduce frontal area and therby reduce overall drag. He felt that the combination of four engines driving two propellers would result in greatly improved performance. The RLM shortsidedly added the dive bombing role only after the initial design was conceived, thereby adding weight and complexity to the design. The crippling problem of engine fires was mainly caused by the close proximity of the two engines, and was exacerbated by the fact that the external oil cooler lines were run between the two cylinder blocks. The added heat did not help, but when a line ruptured,the fire was usually catastrophic.The whole reason behind the coupled engines was to allow the aircraft to be perform Dive Bombing duties.