Late war fighter competition

J.A.W. said:

R-R did add ADI to its Griffon, for Shackleton patrol bomber - max take-off boost, but AFAIR,
Packard with the P-51H,(& P-82?) - was the only R-R V12 powered fighter to use it..

Griffon-Spits being somewhat 'over-powered' weren't cleared to use max-boost for take off anyhow, unlike Tempests..

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Was that not all about the landing gear?

Yes, the Griffon did get ADI for the Shackleton, very much post war. And the Packard V-1650-9 also got ADI.

wuzak said:

Was that not all about the landing gear?

Yes, the Griffon did get ADI for the Shackleton, very much post war. And the Packard V-1650-9 also got ADI.

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Quite likely due to the Spit's 'legacy design' limitations, & AFAIR, it stll applied to the revised 20 series..

Maybe someone knows about the Spiteful, or MB 5 with inward retracting undercart,
or has access to a set of Seafire contra-prop - 'Pilot's Notes'?

Although the RAF - like the USAAF, was jet-bent by 1945, the final gen prop-fighters still
had their uses, & the 1st gen jets - really couldn't do some of those jobs so well..

See here: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946 - 2032.html

drewwizard said:

Yes the swept wing of the ME-262 was a very fortunate accident, but the results were obvious in speed improvement. The designers of the F-86 made a straight wing prototype and realized they were never going to get the speed they required and turned to the ME-262 swept wings. Yes there were a lot of research available on swept wings, and real test data on the ME 163 to prove out the swept wing to both the Americans and the Russians.

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Like the Bell research in the swept wing P63H

All the late model Planes were either going to a new improved platform. Like the H Model P51 and Bear Cat. Fury frame was fairly new and expandable. All of them had higher Mach limits, far more maneuverable, decent range except for short range interceptor like the Bear Cat. The next generation of frames and engines were already developed in concert with the new jets had WW2 continued. Propeller planes were already approaching/exceeding 500 mph approaching 6000ft/min climb rates, better aerodynamics for diving. Well within the performance envelop of jets of the day.

WW2 stopped and limited resources went for jet development. Now what we see are Reno Racers with 1945 technology doing what would have happened back in 1945.