Civettone
Tech Sergeant
I completely agree with Shortround. Engine development was a very complex thing. The engineers worked hard to get that engine ready. Sometimes they succeeded, sometimes they failed. It would be impossible to predict in advance what would happen with their designs.
The Jumo 222 was the pinnacle to the future German Luftwaffe. The Germans worked hard on it and if they had succeeded it would have been the standard engine for all their twin-engined bombers and night fighters. The BMW 801 only seemed the natural thing to do: it's a good thing to develop radials and inline engines.
DB 603 instead of DB 605? Reminds me of all those other projects where the Germans decided to skip one step and go for the most advanced imagineable. He 177? Me 262? Panther tank? Why not go for an easier solution? Well, that was the DB 605.
It's easy to criticize. But always think about the full consequences. If you add one thing you have to detract from somewhere else. And your decision has to make sense given the information you have at that time.
Kris
The Jumo 222 was the pinnacle to the future German Luftwaffe. The Germans worked hard on it and if they had succeeded it would have been the standard engine for all their twin-engined bombers and night fighters. The BMW 801 only seemed the natural thing to do: it's a good thing to develop radials and inline engines.
DB 603 instead of DB 605? Reminds me of all those other projects where the Germans decided to skip one step and go for the most advanced imagineable. He 177? Me 262? Panther tank? Why not go for an easier solution? Well, that was the DB 605.
It's easy to criticize. But always think about the full consequences. If you add one thing you have to detract from somewhere else. And your decision has to make sense given the information you have at that time.
Kris