Recent content by Draconis

"A whistle blew, which was taken up by other whistles, truck horns, and shouts. Five PM: the working day was done. Vehicles and tools to be secured, time for a shower and change, dinner at 7pm, but a drink first! For the men of 8th Canadian ACC, tomorrow would be an easy day: all dressed up for...

"General Alan Brooke had prepared a statement to be made at an interview with the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov who was on his way through back from the USA to Moscow. The demand for a second front from Moscow were getting deafening. Brooke had finally...

Nice cover. The burnt out wreck sandwiched between good and evil is the PODs' Lockheed Electra?

If that's the case then RR must have an extra lung or two. Very handy that.

@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...