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To: GingisK

And those engines (when they had gas at all) ran only 20 hours between overhauls.

The British style of radial compressors was many times their reliability. (It took about a decade after the war to get Axial compressors running as effectively.


29 posted on 08/01/2025 7:30:01 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

The German engine was definitely not one to be coveted. But, that ME-262 was a beautiful thing.


33 posted on 08/01/2025 7:34:33 AM PDT by GingisK
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