AHC: the ideal fighter(s) for 1940

Why is wearing the markings of a unit Yeager never flew with?:confounded:

If Lockheed gets that flying in 1940 while sweating blood over the P-38, they are getting ASB help.
Well, considering this is alternate history maybe in whatever timeline that has useable L-133s only select units received the jet and Yeager was good enough to qualify so he ended up in a different unit than IOTL. Really, I think markings and nose art are pretty irrelevant to point @kernals12 was trying to make.

I agree that it would take either several very early PoDs or ASBs to get it flying by 1940, though.
 

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Well, considering this is alternate history maybe in whatever timeline that has useable L-133s .

One that has ASBs in it. It would require their intervention to get that into combat service, before the war ends. The image has USAAF markings that were only used in 1943.

The Curtiss P-55 Ascender and Fisher P-75 Eagle stand a better chance of entering squadron service with the 8th or 9th AF before D-Day!
 
If that is in fact the case, any FW-190 with only the DB-601A would make the fighter just equal to the SPITFIRE II [edge in speed at less than 5km].

Don't be dissapointed ;)
Speed is very important in 1940 (Bf 109E was slightly slower than Spitfire I and II), but there are also other factors that make a good fighter. Like the rate of roll, visibility, fuel carried - all the things the Fw 190 excelled vs. both Bf 109 and Spitfire. The Damilerized Fw 190 of 1940 should also be faster than the Hurricane I and II by 40+ mph, vs. the Bf 109E with 20+ mph advantage. (yes, I know it is unfair to compare OTL aircraft with napkinwaffe)

ANY power profile on the DB-601N?

Some power charts useful for this thread:
-DB 601A (with 'old' S/C) link
-DB 601A (with new S/C) link
-601N link (works for registered users only?); table
-Merlin III link (also for the Merlin 60)
-Merlin 20 series link (includes also later engines and boost settings, not available in 1940)

BTW DB-601 engine production was only 6234 engine in 1940.[Vajada & Dancey- GERMAN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY AND PRODUCTION 1933-1945 pp 237] If the engine life is 100 hours- that's only 1708 engine hours per day. Couple of hour per mission means max potential is ~ 854 sortie per day for Me-109. If its a double engine plane, that's only 427 x 2 hour sortie per day.

Kinda reason why I've proposed here the Jumo 211D as the engine for the Fw 190 :) OTOH - both LW and RAF were more in need of pilots than in fighters.
 
With regard to the Lockheed L-133, I have begun an investigation into its viability, and found that there is little consistency in provisional drawings, and my initial suspicion that the cockpit is too small is confirmed. The tail fin is also too thick. It has been said that Kelly Johnson knew about compressibility more than anyone, but I'm sure he knew less than Eastman Jacobs, Adolph Busemann and Jakob Ackeret.
As to the likelihood that Yeager would be flying one, I doubt that even his ego would fit within.
 
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