German Heavy Bomber

[bortas1]

Essentially a long-range airliner converted to maritime patrol (light bomb load to drop on shipping) but it was not a heavy bomber. It was large and it was decidedly fragile, often breaking its own back when landing.

thanks krusty

[fbWldcat]

aka b29

Once they worked the problems out of the 3350, the engine was a reliable, powerful, and effective one. Like almost every other engine you ever come across in ANY aviation, the engines go through trial and error, and therefore, improvement.

And you're really talking about apples to oranges. The B-29 became a workhorse alongside the B-17 and B-24. Eventually dropping Fat man and Little Boy, they dropped incendiaries on major Japanese cities before then. The B-29 was a vastly more effective and widely used aircraft than the 177.

[Raptor05121]

Once they worked the problems out of the 3350, the engine was a reliable, powerful, and effective one. Like almost every other engine you ever come across in ANY aviation, the engines go through trial and error, and therefore, improvement.

sans the Lycoming O-320

[Debrody]

hmmm sirs, someone really dont wanna see the 177...
me neither, i would vote to the 188, but some of you act like an inverse WMaker:
it was a crapppp