Allison V-1710-E22, or -127

[Wolfala]

I was doing some poking around, and apparently Allison made a late model V-1710 as a turbo-compound engine, rated at 2320 HP, and over 3000 HP with WEP.



Was it too late in the war to see a re-engined P-38 or P-40 with one of these?

[Krusty]

Considering it looks like it's twice as long, I don't think a simple re-engine would suffice, I think a redesign would have been required of the airframe it was placed on.

That's what my uneducated guess would be.

[Debonair]

looking at a P-40e cutaway looks like it would all fit without moving to pit back, but i bet you'd be out of gas in about 20 min...it should go in a Mustang

[gripen]

IIRC it was experimentally fitted to a P-63 but never flown.

gripen

[MiloMorai]

Originally posted by gripen
IIRC it was experimentally fitted to a P-63 but never flown.

gripen

XP-63H

[Wolfala]

O well. One can always salivate at the prospect of a P-38 with 6000 hp in a climb. Or going into compression in level flight.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Originally posted by Wolfala
O well. One can always salivate at the prospect of a P-38 with 6000 hp in a climb. Or going into compression in level flight.

The P-38K could probably come close to compressing in level flight. Carried to the next logical progression, as in being fitted with FOUR blade paddle props and the later 2000+HP Allisons (the next logical progression of the 1875HP F-15 series engines that were in the P-38K), you could probably reach the limits of the airframe without great difficulty, given the performance of the P-38K prototype. It'd damned sure be a fun bird to play with.

[Angus]

Put it in a Spitty. Mk VIII airframe, clipped
ROC 7500 fpm?