On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Popovich, Greg, BMG-NY1540 wrote:
[...]
> 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.
Yep, could be. From what I've read, the use of Nitrous on WWII
aircraft was more for high altitude operation than for a quick burst
of power. Although I don't know this for sure, I suspect that the
pilot would have to keep an eye on the EGT/CHT guages and adjust
the mixture by hand while the nitrous was flowing, which might be too
much to ask in a dogfight situation. ?
-Jon-
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