Why was it so much better than the Jumo 004?By 1940/1941 the Heinkel group had a jet engine that weighed less, was more fuel efficient, and more advanced than the BMW 003 or Jumo 004. What effects result from German investment into this jet engine instead of the plagued BMW (and/or Jumo) engine?
Sorry, you don't know me that well. The HeS30 depended on materials that Germany wouldn't spare AFAIK, while the bigger engines depended on being designed around parts that didn't need them. The HeS30 never was. Plus it had a host of other issues. A fine engine if you had the materials to mass produce it around, but then so were the early versions of the Jumo and BMW that weren't designed around material restrictions. AFAIK those restrictions were never placed on the HeS30 before it was cancelled, so it was a non-starter for that reason unless the Germans had some stockpile of necessary metals I don't know about.I predict that Wiking will claim that this will allow Germany to build plenty jet fighters allowing it to decisively defeat the allied airforces.
This in turn will allow the Nazi's to send thousands of 88MM guns to the eastern front and stop those pesky Soviets and their unfashionable uniforms in their tract. I mean really what we're they thinking?? No black boots or skull decorated caps, but drab brown uniforms?? . That look simply doesn't work in time lines.
Then people (Obsessednuker, Im looking at you) will explain that jet engines alone don't win airways, especially if you take in account fuel shortages, lack of the alloys needed to make them, and the lack of enough trained pilots.
Wiking will then proceed to deny these logistical facts.
People will counter.
Rinse and repeat.![]()
Soviet philosophy.As a non-engineer..
How important is a long engine-life under wartime conditions? If an aircraft is only going to survive an average of a dozen missions before it is lost in combat does it matter that much if parts need replacing every 50-100 flying hours. If the aircraft survives long enough for the engine to wear out, put a new engine in it.
Which seems to have worked 1941-45.Soviet philosophy.
http://chris-intel-corner.blogspot.com/2012/04/eastern-front-aircraft-strength-and.htmlWhich seems to have worked 1941-45.
IIRC from Green and Fricker 2,000 German aircraft on the Eastern Front at the start of 1944 faced 8,800 Soviet aeroplanes.
And they still won. Quantity has a quality of its own.http://chris-intel-corner.blogspot.com/2012/04/eastern-front-aircraft-strength-and.html
And the Soviets lost over 9700 in 1944. TBF the Germans also lost 2900. That only covers combat losses, noncombat nearly doubled the number for 1944, which not just a function of pilot issues, but the declining quality of construction on both sides. In 1941 the Soviets actually lost more to non-combat causes than combat.
You could had said, "Yes it does," and then explained why.Soviet philosophy.
Not on their own. That strategy only works if you can goon your opponent and absorb the losses, it was won with British Intelligence, American Industry, and Soviet Blood. In the end it was the combination of three great empires that won the war, Soviet philosophy works only if backed by American industry, the British blockade, and the Wallied air war and other fronts. One on one it is just a way to wipe yourself out by throwing away the flower of your youth in shitty equipment.And they still won. Quantity has a quality of its own.
That was the design philosophy for the Jumo 004.You could had said, "Yes it does," and then explained why.
As a non-engineer..
How important is a long engine-life under wartime conditions? If an aircraft is only going to survive an average of a dozen missions before it is lost in combat does it matter that much if parts need replacing every 50-100 flying hours. If the aircraft survives long enough for the engine to wear out, put a new engine in it.