Did the p51 have fuel injection?

Fuel-injection allowed many a Messerschmitt Bf 109 pilot to escape a Spitfire on its tail and return to fight another day. The -3 engine supercharger cut-in at 19,000 feet, and the -7, between 14,500 and 19,000 feet….

What was the top speed of a p38?

443 mph
Lockheed P-38 Lightning/Top speed

What type of fuel did WW2 planes use?

The Americans (and their allies ) used 100 octane gasoline. The other combatants used gasoline of leasser octane. Today they would use the same fuel. for your information ,standard Avgas (aviation gasoline) in the U.S. is still 100 octane.

What engine did the P-51 Mustang use?

Merlin
The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed, two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66, and was armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) AN/M2 Browning machine guns.

Can a p38 fly on one engine?

For a twin engine aircraft, 120 MPH is a reasonably fast minimum speed and multiengine pilots are trained extensively in single engine flight. That speed alone gives some indication that the P-38 can be difficult to fly on one engine, but not impossible.

Did any Spitfires have fuel injection?

The final development was the SU injection carburettor, that injected fuel into the supercharger using a fuel pump driven as a function of crankshaft speed and engine pressures; although this was fitted to the 100 series Merlins, which were not used in production Spitfires, it was used in the Griffon 60 and 80 series.

Why do aircraft engines have carburetors instead of fuel injection?

Aircraft engines before the First World War used carburetors, primarily because they were lighter and simpler than fuel injection systems. In the United States, there were no attempts at aircraft engine fuel injection systems until well after the war, at about the same time as the first attempts at designing a new type of carburetor.

What would World War II have looked like without the Merlin engine?

The course of World War II would have been very different without Rolls-Royce’s immortal Merlin engine. The British Overseas Airways Corporation flight from Stockholm, Sweden, landed at an airfield in Leuchars, northern Scotland, one of several hundred round trips the airline made between the two cities.

How much synthetic fuel was used in WW2?

By 1941, synthetic fuel production had reached a level of 31 million barrels per year. Austerity programs were instituted long before the beginning of the war, and fuel bought from the Soviet Union and Romania was stockpiled against future needs.

How much oil did the Wehrmacht gain from the Blitzkrieg?

When that blitz was over, the Wehrmacht had captured more than 20 million barrels of oil from the French, Belgians and Dutch. Since the invaders had used only 12 million barrels through the campaign, the conquests represented a net gain of 8 million barrels.