War Thunder - British planes

[Tavingon]

Some shots

[GutterRat13]

Originally Posted by Tavingon

Some shots

I'm not usually a rivet counter, but shouldn't the Mosquito have V-12s? Looking at that screen it has V-10s!

But that aside looks like something that could definitely be fun to play

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by GutterRat13

I'm not usually a rivet counter, but shouldn't the Mosquito have V-12s? Looking at that screen it has V-10s!

But that aside looks like something that could definitely be fun to play

The Mosquito was such a beast that they removed the spark plugs from the last two cyliders on each motor to give the Japanese a fighting chance!

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by GutterRat13

I'm not usually a rivet counter, but shouldn't the Mosquito have V-12s? Looking at that screen it has V-10s!

But that aside looks like something that could definitely be fun to play

The number of exhaust stacks depends on the engine fitted and a V-12 does not need 12 exhaust stacks.

[GutterRat13]

Originally Posted by Zorin

The number of exhaust stacks depends on the engine fitted and a V-12 does not need 12 exhaust stacks.

I'm not saying it does need a stack per cylinder, five stacks for a bank of six cylinders just seems odd to me! I did to a little research and it is right to have five. I just have never noticed before, and most mosquito pictures I've seen have fairings over the exhausts.

I wish I had a Mosquito here so that I could de-cowl the engines though to see what's going on with the "missing" stacks (more or less which cylinders were paired or if the exhaust is plumbed somewhere to run something else like a power recovery turbine)

EDIT: Looks like I'm off topic so we should leave it at that or start a new thread!

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by GutterRat13

I'm not usually a rivet counter, but shouldn't the Mosquito have V-12s? Looking at that screen it has V-10s!

But that aside looks like something that could definitely be fun to play

Nope, they have that right - the forward exhaust manifold on the Mosquito combined the first two cylinders.