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06-11-2007, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackson  no mention of the Packard improvements to the Merlin?
definitely significant.. | I've heard pilots say they prefered the RR version
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06-11-2007, 07:25 PM
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06-11-2007, 07:35 PM
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Country: | My comment cannot be taken as gospel the fact being if one guy had a lemon of an engine the rumour would start just like Tony Levier and the P38 rumours
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06-11-2007, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot My comment cannot be taken as gospel the fact being if one guy had a lemon of an engine the rumour would start just like Tony Levier and the P38 rumours | What rumors frm LeVier?
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06-11-2007, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ What rumors frm LeVier? | sorry misworded LeVier went out if I'm correct and disproved the rumours on the 38
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06-11-2007, 07:58 PM
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06-11-2007, 08:27 PM
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I voted US but I had to think about it Germany, England and US
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06-12-2007, 08:07 AM
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Country:  | I have no one specific country as each made great units I tend to favour the US for radials and the UK for inline but there are too many to be precise as for the Merlin I have read several articals saying that the US produced Merlins even when Identical in spec where better because of the quality of raw materials available to manufacturers in the US. After the outbreak of war in Europe the material shortage caused a certain easing of quality control in favour of quantity.
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06-12-2007, 05:26 PM
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This is an Olympic Game where three athletics catches the same "time"!
For me there are three Gold-Medals!
The Radials goes to PR 2800/ USA
The best liquid cooled inline goes to RR Merlin/ GB
The best innovations from begin till end of the war/ Germany
(bosch engine System for the BMW 801, the mechanical injection DB 601, the boost systems MW 50 and GM1)
And a very close match up (DB 600er series, Jumo 213 and BMW 801) with no quality of fuel and no quality of raw materials available to manufacture. | |
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06-12-2007, 05:29 PM
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Country:  | Less oil leakage with a Packard and better build quality. But they didn't design it.
Undecided between US and UK?
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06-12-2007, 05:34 PM
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06-13-2007, 05:17 AM
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Country:  | My vote goes the UK but would it be fair to say Germany had the edge when it came to superchargers?
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06-13-2007, 05:40 AM
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Country: | I think Britain for the Allies. Spitfire and Mustang, powered by Merlins. It doesn't get better than that for the alllies, unless of course for huge power, and then the P-47 and even the Corsair with it's P & W wins.
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06-14-2007, 11:01 PM
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