Worst US made twin engined aircraft used by Britain in WW2

Mad Dog said:

<COUGH> Supermarine Walrus<COUGH>

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Mad Dog said:

Er, no. The Air Ministry, ever cheap and ill-informed, was dead set against handed engines because they didn't have a clue about the engineering involved, and simply assumed a left-handed engine would require 100% different parts to a right-handed engine, doubling the costs of spares.

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When Rolls Royce eventually designed handed version of the Merlin, they had to promise the Air Ministry that they would make the engines 95% common in parts. As it was, all they needed to do was add an extra idler gear cog to crankshaft when making the handed Merlin 133/134 for the de Havilland Hornet.

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Mad Dog said:

He had a ton of American research data that showed the benefits of handed engines.

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Mad Dog said:

The Air Ministry then doubled down on their denial and staged tests that were rigged to deny any benefit from handed engines.

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Algonquin said:

I like the Curtis Wright 2600, so that make the A-20 my favorite all time plane. Really wish there were some around to fly, I'd pay large money for that privilege. The TBM-3 has one and a little tricky to start and really easy to flood, but when it comes to life it's an explosion under your feet. Flown the P51D and it's easy to see why they owned the sky, do a hard pull and roll over at 250 point down and your at 320+ right now But still love the A-20's.

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