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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
FWIW...GDI (gasoline direct injection) was developed/proven in WWII aircraft engines...by both German and USA manufacturers.
...the Curtis-Wright R3350 (3300 hp @ 2900 rpm) turbo-compound engines on our Lockheed EC-121's used fuel injection system and 115/145 octane AVGAS and was one of the most fuel-efficient (BSFC) propellor engines made.
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I was going to say that apart from the Luftwaffe nobody did GDI much until the 1990s.
One of the big advantages of the Me109 vs the Spitfire (apart from outright speed) in the Battle of Britain was the FI system - a Spitfire would roll and the float in the carb would block the fuel flow causing the engine to miss for a few seconds - that killed as well as saved quite a few RAF pilots in close combat. The Spitfire could turn quicker though, but only the right way up.
Thats a couple of years before the B17s arrived BTW - someone was late - again
