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Originally Posted by Glider
I certainly could be wrong here but there is no difference in the torque in a WW2 figher with a radial engine compared to a WW2 inline powered engine and because of this had no impact on turn.
There was in WW1 because on a WW1 radial engine was normally a rotary engine where the prop was fixed to the engine and the engine went round.
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Not being an expert in mechanical engineering, but having some insight after all the years.. I can only imagine that the Merlin's torque is applied over a few feet of engine length, whereas the BMW801 (sorry JTD
) torque is applied within a few inches of length.
This I would think and experienced, if Oleg has modeled it right, caused the FW to screw/hang on the nose... maybe similar to the Camel or Fokker DR1 from WW1, whereas the merlin just pulled the plane over due to it's application of torque over a longer length, making it difficult to control if you
walled the throttle