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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Yes
Power absorbtion is what they were going for....
3000 hp engines where the next step on the horizon.
Large amounts of effort for little gain in a 3000 hp piston engine aircraft.
Jets eclipsed any further piston engined development.
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1945 version Dora, 2200HP. 3-blade propeller.
1944 late Spitfire XIV, 2200 HP, 5-blade propeller.
1945 version Spitfire XIV,2200HP, 6-blade(2X3-blade contra rotating ) prop. To remove massive torque.
