They also used Superchargers , a la P-38
At 01:40 PM 12/7/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>>Both the Axis and the Allies used nitrous quite successfully in their
>aircraft, mostly for high altitude operation. The higher you go, >the
>less dense the air is, and the engine starts to run really rich. Nitrous
>Oxide was a way to maintain a nice dense oxygen >content. There were
>some aircraft that would run off nitrous for a half an hour at a time!
>Today, turbochargers are used instead, >although nitrous is still used
>occasionally. There is a Formula One racer (which uses nitrous)
>sponsored by Shell named Pushy >Galore that was purpose built to break 5
>specific records (mostly time to climb). (It has broken all 5 records,
>and was retired >this year.)
>>Speaking of W.W.II and nitrous, an interesting fact is that its
>benefits to aircraft engines were discovered and developed
>>independently by both the Nazis and the British. (It was considered top
>secret and both sides were careful to keep the info to >themselves
>Hmmmm... Interesting... From with I have seen both the Allied and Axis
>used water and methanol mixtures to achieve what is called War Emergency
>Power, and it depended on what aircraft it was used on. If memory serves
>me right almost all naval aircraft from the F6F Hellcat on to the F9F
>Tigercat, and on Army Air Corps the P40,P51 and the P38 (with TSC's) had
>it. The Jap Zero and Zeke both had it as well as the Me109 and FW190's.
>
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