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 Topic: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
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| cdouglas Replies: 16 Views: 9662 |
 Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:01 Subject: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
| What is the special Merlin edition about? More pages and more information?
No differences inside other than a large number of small typos and other very minor edits. You probably wouldn't notice. ... |
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| Topic: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
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| cdouglas Replies: 16 Views: 9662 |
Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 04:40 Subject: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
| It does have some pics that are a bit small though.
Please see the initial post at the top of the thread, which I have edited today (15th Jan 2021). I have taken the trouble to put most of the smal ... |
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| Topic: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
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| cdouglas Replies: 16 Views: 9662 |
Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 07:05 Subject: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
| Also looking forward to it. How many pages?
480 pages, A4 page size. It is a bit of a tome. We went to the the printers on Friday, expected postal distribution in 5 weeks. (i.e. you`ll probably ... |
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| Topic: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
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| cdouglas Replies: 16 Views: 9662 |
Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 15:11 Subject: WW2 Fighter Engines book available for pre-order |
| Hi everyone,
My book on WW2 fighter engines is (after a 5 year project) now ready for pre-ordering. I`m also told you can find it on Barnes and Noble and also Amazon USA. https://www.mortonsboo ... |
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| Topic: Supercharger characteristics of DB 600 series engines |
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| cdouglas Replies: 11 Views: 22094 |
Forum: DB, Junkers, Other German Engines Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 06:15 Subject: power curve shape |
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The different graphs are due to the method of driving the supercharger. The DB600 had a gear driven supercharger like the Merlin. Hence a straight line up, then a falling off. The later eng ... |
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| Topic: Early WW2 engines with two stage superchargers - DB 601C/D |
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| cdouglas Replies: 6 Views: 13415 |
Forum: DB, Junkers, Other German Engines Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 05:54 Subject: Kollmann supercharger patent |
| Hi Jerry,
The illustration "Fig 2", may have been drawn incorrectly for a setup with two rotors geared to rotate in the same direction. However, it is quite difficult to tell, and may wel ... |
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| Topic: Daimler Benz vs Rolls-Royce |
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| cdouglas Replies: 6 Views: 10760 |
Forum: Authors' Corner Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 16:25 Subject: progress update |
| Hi Everyone,
The book is coming along quite well, I have about 85,000 words - and at least one publisher seriously interested. So not bad. I have started a "blog" type thing about the ... |
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| Topic: Daimler Benz vs Rolls-Royce |
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| cdouglas Replies: 6 Views: 10760 |
Forum: Authors' Corner Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:38 Subject: feedback |
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Thankyou to everyone who replied, it was all useful info. I`ll not attempt to respond to all those suggestions as it will get unreadable and its not my intention to type the books contents i ... |
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| Topic: Daimler Benz vs Rolls-Royce |
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| cdouglas Replies: 6 Views: 10760 |
Forum: Authors' Corner Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:56 Subject: Daimler Benz vs Rolls-Royce |
| Dear all,
I am writing a book on the development of the DB600 series and the Merlin series (its going to be heavily weighted towards detail on the German engine - I think the superb RR Heritage boo ... |
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