Thread: 109 e3b against spitfire II
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Old 06-24-2011, 07:16 PM
Seadog Seadog is offline
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The proof is in the pudding. The Merlin III/12lb boost was producing much more power than equivalent DB601 engines:



From what I can gather on the web, the DB601 also had a 100 hr TBO versus 240 for the Merlin. Does anyone have other figures?
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