Better German aero-engines WW1

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According to John H. Morrow Jr., the best english language historian on the WW1 German air force, mentions in an article on the German aircraft industry in WW1 that in 1915 Benz offered the Prussian War Ministry a 240hp engine, but declined in favor of keeping development below 150hp engines so as to not disrupt production; instead the best German engine was 185hp in 1918 for the Fokker D7 fighter, the best fighter of WW1 and the reason for the late war slaughter of Allied pilots right before it ended:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.VII

So hypothetically speaking if the inspectorate had accepted the engine in 1915, giving them a major power boost that year (they didn't get to 240hp IOTL until 1918 because of this decision), but also allowing them to develop it further (in WW1 engine development took 8-12 months), so that by the end of the war they had engines that could compete with the 300-400hp allied engines, what does this mean for the war in the air during the Great War?

Would this prevent the Germans from losing the technological edge and maintain control over their airspace thanks to maintaining a qualitative edge in the face of Allied quantity?
 
Asside from bloody April becoming The Bloody Spring I dont see this making much difference. Engine performance is only one part of the equation when it comes to aircraft performance.

The German fighters Albatross had a nasty habit of loosing it's wings, something more powerfull engines are only going to make worse. The Triplane was like the Camel a vicious beast to fly and when coming into land the pilot lost all forward vission.

The main problem though was that like all of the long term combatants, Germany was running short of manpower. They were having to dig deep just to maintain numbers. Men who would have been considered unfit or too young were now being called up. Training was rushed and often inadequate leading to higher combat losses and increased accidents.
 
According to John H. Morrow Jr., the best english language historian on the WW1 German air force, mentions in an article on the German aircraft industry in WW1 that in 1915 Benz offered the Prussian War Ministry a 240hp engine, but declined in favor of keeping development below 150hp engines so as to not disrupt production; instead the best German engine was 185hp in 1918 for the Fokker D7 fighter, the best fighter of WW1 and the reason for the late war slaughter of Allied pilots right before it ended:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.VII

So hypothetically speaking if the inspectorate had accepted the engine in 1915, giving them a major power boost that year (they didn't get to 240hp IOTL until 1918 because of this decision), but also allowing them to develop it further (in WW1 engine development took 8-12 months), so that by the end of the war they had engines that could compete with the 300-400hp allied engines, what does this mean for the war in the air during the Great War?

Would this prevent the Germans from losing the technological edge and maintain control over their airspace thanks to maintaining a qualitative edge in the face of Allied quantity?

I'm not a famous historian, but I can read things in English. The Mercedes DIII eventually achieved an output of 180 hp, and nobody stopped them. There are two engines, the Mercedes DIV, and the Benz BzIVu. As far as I can tell, neither was reliable in 1915. Both were heavy, larger and more powerful. The Pfalz D.XIV was fitted with the Benz unit, to replace the chosen fighter powerplant of the D.XII and got modified with larger wings and tail. Performance was not noticeably improved, and the engines were needed for other uses. Both larger engines, as well as the Maybach, were used in suitable applications, but didn't find a home on the nose of a fighter. British attempts to install a Rolls Royce Falcon of 275 hp in the nose of the Martinsyde Buzzard single-seat fighter were similarly thwarted because the engine was required for the Brisfit, and they were usually short of them.

Just another note. The Fokker Triplane, and others, were a copy of the Sopwith Tripe. The Albatross possessed a sesquiplane lower wing from a Nieuport, albeit a poor, pointless copy. The Pfalz D.XII copied the wing structure of a SPAD.

The greatest German edge was Oswald Boelcke.
 

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According to John H. Morrow Jr., the best english language historian on the WW1 German air force, mentions in an article on the German aircraft industry in WW1 that in 1915 Benz offered the Prussian War Ministry a 240hp engine, but declined in favor of keeping development below 150hp engines so as to not disrupt production; instead the best German engine was 185hp in 1918 for the Fokker D7 fighter, the best fighter of WW1 and the reason for the late war slaughter of Allied pilots right before it ended:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.VII

So hypothetically speaking if the inspectorate had accepted the engine in 1915, giving them a major power boost that year (they didn't get to 240hp IOTL until 1918 because of this decision), but also allowing them to develop it further (in WW1 engine development took 8-12 months), so that by the end of the war they had engines that could compete with the 300-400hp allied engines, what does this mean for the war in the air during the Great War?

Would this prevent the Germans from losing the technological edge and maintain control over their airspace thanks to maintaining a qualitative edge in the face of Allied quantity?

Sorry for the necro but I have never heard of such engine... in any case, a significant improvement could have easily been made, just adopt the Austro-Daimler engines the Austrians were putting in their Albatros, a 200hp version was available by the end of 1916 and the 225hp one by early 1918.

Pd: Hope you restart the Marne soon.
 
Sorry for the necro but I have never heard of such engine... in any case, a significant improvement could have easily been made, just adopt the Austro-Daimler engines the Austrians were putting in their Albatros, a 200hp version was available by the end of 1916 and the 225hp one by early 1918.

I believe the Benz engine might have begun based on the early Austro-Daimler. Certainly, you can't go wrong developing an engine from Ferdinand Porsche. He would continue to develop a 360 hp 6 cyl engine of 27.5 litres and a W9 of 300hp. Nobody told him not to build 4-valve OHC engines, but production was limited, and an armistice was even more limiting. Allied companies also license-built his earlier pre-war 13 and 15 litre engines.
 
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