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Old 01-25-2011, 01:43 AM
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Fuel injection wasn't designed as solution for inverted flight, it was designed to get an even charge of fuel/air to each cylinder. Rolls Royce used carburettors deliberately in the Merlin because they gave a colder/denser fuel/air mixture, so more power was produced than with a fuel injection system. It was a trade-off at that point, and they switched to pressure carburettors later on to cope with negative G's. Kind of interesting all these small details that come out in combat.

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