school me on radial engines

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06-01-2011, 07:13 AM

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chuntington101

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Originally Posted by SMALLBLOCKHERO

too true brother. a lot more navy pilots might have lived and the IJN/IJA would not have lasted so long.

Its true for many things! I know RR in the UK had LOTS of money thrown at them by the British goveremnt to help with the developemnt of the Merlin and later Griffon engines. These became VERY good engines over time. However there was much less money spent on diffrent designs like the Napier Sabre (36ltr 24 cylinder H block engine) even though they can make MUCH more power.

Chris.

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