Who needs a BB? Drop this in your C2!!
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What's all that **** on the back? Supercharger?
i like the Allison V12 design a bit better.
Doug
i like the Allison V12 design a bit better.
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The last versions of the Allison were rated about 2800 HP. Dunno what the Merlin put out. Not sure if the High HP Allison was fielded during WWII, though.
IIRC, Packard made a Merlin clone under license to RR (upgraded to mass production, uniform parts, rather than hand fitting everything), not sure if those used the two stage superchanrger, though.
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IIRC, Packard made a Merlin clone under license to RR (upgraded to mass production, uniform parts, rather than hand fitting everything), not sure if those used the two stage superchanrger, though.
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Pretty impressive for something that was originally designed in 1929.
Here's some Wiki info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_V-1710
They also made a V-3420 which mated 2 V-1710 engines at an angle. I don't know if it was ever installed or even got out of the testing phase.
I worked on a P-39 in Central Texas during a previous profession as an avionics guy. I always thought they had a smaller Allison engine but they also had a V-1710 in a different configuration. The F-82 twin engined fighter also used V-1710s with different supercharger setups.
Here's some Wiki info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_V-1710
They also made a V-3420 which mated 2 V-1710 engines at an angle. I don't know if it was ever installed or even got out of the testing phase.
I worked on a P-39 in Central Texas during a previous profession as an avionics guy. I always thought they had a smaller Allison engine but they also had a V-1710 in a different configuration. The F-82 twin engined fighter also used V-1710s with different supercharger setups.
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