On 7 Nov 2018 08:55:42 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <7746ud9tfok7urobjci99b0j4vb6ua8ff2@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>On 7 Nov 2018 07:28:15 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>wrote:
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>>An excellent post series Miloch. I had never seen or even heard of
>>this aircraft. It looks like an impressive design, I would be
>>interested in learning more about why it was really pulled from
>>service and wasn't more widely built.
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>from the source...
>
>"Despite the Whirlwind's promise, production ended in January 1942, after the
>completion of just two prototypes and 112 production aircraft. Rolls-Royce
>needed to concentrate on the development and production of the Merlin, and the
>troubled Vulture, rather than the Peregrine. Westland was aware that its design
>larger without an extensive redesign. After the cancellation of the Whirlwind,
>Petter campaigned for the development of a Whirlwind Mk II, which was to have
>been powered by an improved 1,010 hp Peregrine, with a better, higher-altitude
>supercharger, also using 100 octane fuel, with an increased boost rating. This
>proposal was aborted when Rolls-Royce cancelled work on the Peregrine. Building
>a Whirlwind consumed three times as much alloy as a Spitfire.
>
>
Yeah, I had read that but, it just seems like there is more to it.
Maybe not.
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