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And at sea level the lack of a multispeed or two stage supercharger shouldnt matter :)

Seems USAAF have way longer lifespans, thanks for the info!

Ya that's what I read in various sources. They must have been asking for a lot of replacement Allisons.

I have been researching Soviet P-39 and P-40's. One curious thing I came across is they had much shorter engine life. "It is true that because of our unforeseen operating regime the engines had a limit of about 50 hours, and often less. Normally an engine might last 35 hours and then it was...

Has anyone put down the flying flapjack for this list? xf5u

Maybe they are related?

Maybe this Curator should join ww2aircraft.net, we could help him get some broad facts correct. My favorite - at 4:13 the P-47 could fire 1000 rounds per second however could only fire for 3 seconds. Also pretty good is the P-47 was powered by a Wright R-2800 engine.

I have read a lot of the P-39 lend-lease.net articles and noticed that the soviets tended to use the p-39 slightly differntly than the west. Whereas most pilots in the west would shoot at 200+ yards, the Soviets would shoot at about 80 yards. One of the reasons the Soviets were able to get more...

I bought mine on Kindle. Got it now :)

I would argue that the He-100 would be the most useful if not decisive plane in the war. It was on par with the Bf-109, some thought it might have had an overall edge. However its big trick would be its 630 mile range vs the Bf-109's 375 mile range circa late 1939. The reason this would be...

Out of curiosity in your research did you find out when Republic and North American were asked to extend the range of their fighters? Also how much emphasis was placed on this. Often the manufacturers were giving multiple requests some more important than others.

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Couldn't agree more about Soviet weapons. I always thought the Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 would have been a great replacement for the M4 in the P-39. I pondered this for a while, my conclusion for what it is worth - is that in mid 42 the Soviets had the plane configured for their style of fighting...

Oil.

Good points! One question I have, if anyone knows is - speeds, service ceiling are for when fully loaded. I wonder what b-17, b-24 did after they dropped their bombs. Both would be minus there bomb loads and half their fuel. Obviously you know want to get away as fast as you can.