CobberKane
Banned
- 706
- Apr 4, 2012
In the late 1930s a British procurement specification called for an eight gun, fighter powered by an aircooled engine. The Gloster F.5/34, Vickers Venom and Martin Baker MB 2 all showed some promise but ultimately none reached production. Given that they were all powered by engines of 850 hp or less, could any of these designs have offered something given and increase in horsepower, perhaps with an engine soured from the US? Could a P&W R-1830 powered British conceivably have tangled with 109s during the Battle of Britain?