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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
Bombardier wrote:
On Jan 2, 12:35am, Bill Baker wrote: On 2007-01-01 21:13:28 -0800, " said: (BTW, Art, I've been re-reading "Catch-22" over the holidays, and when I hit the passage about Colonel Cathcart's skeet-shooting range, I thought of you.) And I'm still shooting skeet 3 times a week. Love it and will keep shoorting skeet as long as I am physically Which should be a long time since I am only 82. Bombardier www.coastcomp.com/artkramer ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-- -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
I'd be inclined to say yes, because of all the famous aircraft it powered,
such as the P-47, F4U, B-24, etc. but a very strong second has to go to the Wright R-1820, whose earlier generation, single bank 9-cylinders powered the B-17 and the SBD, not to mention the "hot rod" version of the Wildcat, the FM-2, and of course the Brewster Buffalo. Curtiss-Wright was a wartime mediocrity, except for the R-1820 and the P-40, but the R-1820 in particular was the right product at the right time. Brian O'Neill |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
wrote in message ng.com... I'd be inclined to say yes, because of all the famous aircraft it powered, such as the P-47, F4U, B-24, etc. but a very strong second has to go to the Wright R-1820, whose earlier generation, single bank 9-cylinders powered the B-17 and the SBD, not to mention the "hot rod" version of the Wildcat, the FM-2, and of course the Brewster Buffalo. Curtiss-Wright was a wartime mediocrity, except for the R-1820 and the P-40, but the R-1820 in particular was the right product at the right time. Brian O'Neill the merlin deserves consideration. and the engines powering the focke-wulfs were very nice. especially the water-cooled cooled 190d and ta-152 |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
I agree; I was thinking radial engines when I wrote this. Both the BoB
victory and the USAAF's destruction of the Luftwaffe in early 1944 are unimaninable without the Merlin powering the Hurricanes and Spitfires, and the Packard-Merlin variants powering the P-51. Brian |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
I agree; I was thinking radial engines when I wrote this. Both the BoB
victory and the USAAF's destruction of the Luftwaffe in early 1944 are unimaninable without the Merlin powering the Hurricanes and Spitfires, and the Packard-Merlin variants powering the P-51. Brian |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
wrote in message ng.com... I'd be inclined to say yes, because of all the famous aircraft it powered, such as the P-47, F4U, B-24, etc. but a very strong second has to go to the Wright R-1820, whose earlier generation, single bank 9-cylinders powered the B-17 and the SBD, not to mention the "hot rod" version of the Wildcat, the FM-2, and of course the Brewster Buffalo. Curtiss-Wright was a wartime mediocrity, except for the R-1820 and the P-40, but the R-1820 in particular was the right product at the right time. Brian O'Neill the merlin deserves consideration. and the engines powering the focke-wulfs were very nice. especially the water-cooled cooled 190d and ta-152 |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
The Pacific was a "sideshow" ???? Tell that to the men who fought there,
including my Grandfather.... As to the R-2800... Ask anyone who has ACTUALLY flown a round engine... The shake, they leak, and when a cylinder blows completely off they still get you home. Been there, done that. The fact of the matter is that both the Packard-Merlin and the P&W-2800 were excellent engines in their time. Each had it's strong points, and it's weaknesses. Ruggedness went to the P&W. Fuel efficiency went to the Merlin. Both powered excellent aircraft. Arguements about which machine was best are silly. The real discussioin should be about which men were the best. Men win wars, machines don't. OL |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
It seems that I either dash off messages before I get them right, or I
hone them untill they are perfect, and I never get them posted. First problem with my message was that it was "after the fact". I have to remember to quit arguing when other people change their position. Sorry. On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:09:01 GMT, "Overlord" wrote: The Pacific was a "sideshow" ???? Tell that to the men who fought there, including my Grandfather.... No point asking. In "Up Front" Joe says to Willie "I don't give a damn what they say, this is the most important hole in the world, I am IN it!" A side show for deciding which was the best engine. I was thinking about that, and it is really scary that we came very close to losing more people in the secondary theater than we did ni the primary one. Jeeze! As to the R-2800... Ask anyone who has ACTUALLY flown a round engine... Asking anyone who has flown a radial, and only a radial is just the same as asking the guy if hile is important. The shake, they leak, and when a cylinder blows completely off they still get you home. Been there, done that. The fact of the matter is that both the Packard-Merlin and the P&W-2800 were excellent engines in their time. Each had it's strong points, and it's weaknesses. Ruggedness went to the P&W. Fuel efficiency went to the Merlin. Both powered excellent aircraft. Arguements about which machine was best are silly. The real discussioin should be about which men were the best. Men win wars, machines don't. As an engineer, I tend to think about machines, and if I think about men, it is mainly the ones that made the machines! It is easy to find cases of brave, heroic men who lost because they had the wrong machines, or had some other "system" failure. Henry_H. OL |
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Was the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp the best engine of WW II?
It seems that I either dash off messages before I get them right, or I
hone them untill they are perfect, and I never get them posted. First problem with my message was that it was "after the fact". I have to remember to quit arguing when other people change their position. Sorry. On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:09:01 GMT, "Overlord" wrote: The Pacific was a "sideshow" ???? Tell that to the men who fought there, including my Grandfather.... No point asking. In "Up Front" Joe says to Willie "I don't give a damn what they say, this is the most important hole in the world, I am IN it!" A side show for deciding which was the best engine. I was thinking about that, and it is really scary that we came very close to losing more people in the secondary theater than we did ni the primary one. Jeeze! As to the R-2800... Ask anyone who has ACTUALLY flown a round engine... Asking anyone who has flown a radial, and only a radial is just the same as asking the guy if hile is important. The shake, they leak, and when a cylinder blows completely off they still get you home. Been there, done that. The fact of the matter is that both the Packard-Merlin and the P&W-2800 were excellent engines in their time. Each had it's strong points, and it's weaknesses. Ruggedness went to the P&W. Fuel efficiency went to the Merlin. Both powered excellent aircraft. Arguements about which machine was best are silly. The real discussioin should be about which men were the best. Men win wars, machines don't. As an engineer, I tend to think about machines, and if I think about men, it is mainly the ones that made the machines! It is easy to find cases of brave, heroic men who lost because they had the wrong machines, or had some other "system" failure. Henry_H. OL |
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