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Subject: Re: WWII Statistics
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Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 08:54:26 -0600, Mitchell Holman <noemail@att.net> wrote:
>
>> Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
>> news:hov9catqj8b3mdpkho32haf1vgghtc0s9q@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:57:39 -0600, Mitchell Holman <noemail@att.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
>>>> news:sue7cap0fmvpti29m5k6ljiondqbr9bsf5@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>> I cannot vouch for the accuracy of what is presented, but this
>>>>> article is interesting. I had never heard of the A-36 Invader
>>>>> variant of the P-51.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://pippaettore.com/Horrific_WWII_Statistics.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IIRC the Me 109 was such a complete success
>>>> that the German air ministry was left with
>>>> stockpiles of radial engines with no market.
>>>> Kurt Tank was offered the chance to "do what
>>>> he could" to find a use for them. The FW 190
>>>> was the result.............
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> That is a remarkable piece of aviation trivia considering the 190 was
>>> one of the finest piston engine fighters on the wrong side of the war.
>>> What aircraft were the surplus radial engines originally destined
>>> for?
>>>
>>
>> The Condor, another of Kurt Tank's designs which used
>> BMW radial engines.
>>
>
> I learn something new every day. I thought the Condor used the BMW Bramo
> 323R-2, a nine cylinder radial. I also thought the initial Fw-190 (v1) used the
> 14 cylinder BMW 139.
>
>
Yup! The Condor used the BMW Bramo 323R.
The FW-190 prototypes were fitted with the problematic BMW 801, this
delayed entry into service until the Summer of 1941, still with the BMW 801
with optimal low & medium rather than high altitude performance. They
addressed this problem by fitting the Jumo 213A-1 hanging V-12 in the
FW-190D which fared better. It wasn't until the BMW 901D-2 14 cylinder
radial was fitted to the FW-190A-8/R2in 1944 that it rose to its full
potential.
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Savageducki
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