@Ramp-Rat , I appreciate your well thought out postings. However, if possible please consider breaking up your monolithic paragraph into smaller chunks for the benefit of the more geriatric* readerships' eyesight. *Nice way of saying "Old Farts" like myself. :)
Here then is a rather large butterfly. A better prepared Operation Matador. And Lord Gort being able to do what General Percival wasn't able to. And large butterfly #2, Admiral Philips setting out with at least some air cover. How will this all play out?
Andras---"I'm gonna repost two videos by Greg. One is turbo vs Supercharging, and the other is power recovery turbines.
At 36 minutes is a direct comparison chart between the systems on a R2800.
turbocompounding
I lied, a third video on the best supercharging system on a Corsair" -- Andras.
Developing some method of turbo-compounding early enough to be used in WW2 is an old topic of interest. Considering the performance improvements gained compared to mechanical supercharging and turbocharging, turbo-compounding offered some clear advantages. The thrust gained from the engine...
I think I'm going to use my OP privileges to resurrect my old thread. There is an interesting discussion about the benefits and detriments of turbo-compound versus mechanical supercharging versus turbocharging in the P-38 thread I think it may need its own topical thread. I'm going to copy over...
Developing some method of turbo-compounding early enough to be used in WW2 is an old topic of interest. Considering the performance improvements gained compared to mechanical supercharging and turbocharging, turbo-compounding offered some clear advantages. The thrust gained from the engine...
@tomo pauk I've having trouble reading that chart you put up. Do you have something a little clearer to read?
"Net effect of all this was that a 2-stage Merlin was every bit as good a high altitude engine as the turboed V-1710 power-wise (if not better), with far easier packaging (= can be...
I know they developed an automatic turbo overspeed protector. But I thought the pilot still had to monitor the boost and thereby adjust the throttle if required. Especially important at lower altitudes. But I could be overlooking something here.
Here is a chart from one of Greg's Youtube videos...
Do you have any more information on this Italian .50 explosive round? It's an interesting concept. Though it sounds less then effective. Trading away the .50 APIs best capability, its armour piercing for an inadequate explosive charge. The slight uptick you mention may have been due to earlier...
Picture something that resembles an all-metal, tricycle landing gear DH Hornet with turbocharged Allison V-1710 engines. Even better if it's powered by pdf27s' sort of turbo-compounded marvels.
Turbocharger relocation eh. I've got an idea or two about that too. If Kelly Johnson had decided to put the radiators and oil coolers in the wings' leading edge it opens up some other possibilities. Since this could've happened early in the design stage when everything is still on paper and...
"The designers may have been aware of such an option but with the "current" wing design, NACA 23016, installing rads in the leading edge would have removed most of the space for the forward (Reserve) fuel tanks. The option, in that case, would have amounted to the 1942 NACA recommendation of...
Lets go back to take a look at the OTL development of the P-38 by going right back to the very beginning. And we'll be taking a new look at that old question, why a twin boom design? And to help put things into better perspective here is a link to Greg's video discussing this subject. The link...