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Originally Posted by JtD
The A-9 used the BMW 801TS engine. It achieves the power output of the TH, but as it used the old prop reduction gear of the TU engine, erhöhte Notleistung was not permitted. It was permitted with the later TH engine, which was about to enter production when the war ended.
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The only thing the gear ratio would do is define the propeller. It would be like saying someone can't put a turbo on their car because they have a 2.73 ratio rear end. (Admittedly a poor analogy - car analogies always are - lol.)
03-11-2013, 05:22 PM
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