Supplying fuel in WW2 aircraft

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

"Admittedly, a DB-601’s fuel-injection pump alone had about as many parts as the rest of the engine (the total number was still half that of the Brit’s) and had to be manufactured with the precision of a Leica."

https://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2002-12/noise-stone-crusher/

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@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas
I seem to remember that Miss Tilling's Orifice was used to cure the cutting out issue with carburettors until pressurised carbs were invented.

[MUSASHI66]

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas Great story. I presume the people designing todays high performance German cars are grandchildren of the wwii era engineers - awesome and innovative products, but so complex, and only work well with constant maintenance.

[GrindIntoSecond]

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas Also of interest is how Luftwaffe fuel was the 80’s BMW F1 engine fuel.

[WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4]

@grindintosecond the ultimate driving (people from their homes) machine.

[RacinBob]

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas

Oh, there are some technical rules of war that need to be remembered.

1. The one with the most usually wins. Example T34 tank.
2. Half developed aircraft will kill more pilots than the enemy. Example Wright R3350 Cyclone engines killed more B-29 crew than the Japanese.
3. The perfect is the enemy of the good; Example what would you rather have, a carbureted Spitfire and Hurricane in 1940 or a fuel injected one in 1942.

Its an interesting topic, but I think the Me 109 pilots would have gladly swapped planes for the battle of Britain....

By the way, ever hear of the Messerspit?

[bison78]

@racinbob said in Supplying fuel in WW2 aircraft:

The one with the most usually wins. Example T34 tank.

The US military seems to have forgotten this.

[ttyymmnn]

@cé-hé-sin said in Supplying fuel in WW2 aircraft:

Miss Tilling's Orifice

Tilly Shilling. She was a bad ass. Not only did she invent her orifice, she traveled around and supervised the installation of the device. She was also a motorcycle racer, and refused to marry her husband until he matched her feat of lapping Brooklands at an average speed of 100 mph.

[BaconSandwich]

@musashi66 said in Supplying fuel in WW2 aircraft:

German cars are grandchildren of the wwii era engineers - awesome and innovative products, but so complex, and only work well with constant maintenance.

I've always assumed the Audi timing chain was the result of bored watch and clock makers.

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@grindintosecond
Forty years apart? Might be the same engineers....

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@ttyymmnn
Yes, I did realise after typing but forgot to edit. . The story about the Gold Star is probably apocryphal but it should be true!
There's a pub called after her.

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@grindintosecond https://www.jdcpromotions.co.uk/1983-the-super-fuel-year/
BASF had a bunch of experience with synthetic fuels but it doesn't seem like they went to file cabinet and followed the recipe.
what still seems to a controversy is who and how much 100 octane gas got to the UK
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1180896/RAF-fighter-planes-used-super-fast-fuel-U-S-win-Battle-Britain.html
https://www.warbirdforum.com/octane.htm

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@racinbob The mark Felton videos are great.

1. "Oh your tiger can take out 4 shermans, ok we'll bring 8"
2. see germany shipping tank prototypes to the front.

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@cé-hé-sin yeah it was kind of a band-aid

[Lanciere]

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas I really love his videos and he gets access to so many cool planes. He actually got his start years ago as a War Thunder content creator and has expanded from there.

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@lanciere would explain why he incorporates it into some of his videos.

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@bison78 yeah russia has more tanks, but the US has twice the air force and those go a lot faster and farther.

[MUSASHI66]

@baconsandwich Just goes to show they are not designed for durability any longer - they are designed to work for the original purchaser, and rarely do those keep them long enough where they to work on an engine out problem.