Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "King of the Rats; The Polikarpov I-185" video.

  1. The M-71 was an absolute beast of an engine, comparable in performance to the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp yet 220 pounds lighter. And it seemed to have no particularly significant reliability problems either. It got cancelled because the Soviets' production capacity was insufficient to even meet the demands for existing engines, let alone also creating a production line for a new one.
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  2. For good reason that it resembles that La-5. They used the same M-82 engine.
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  3. Not only in terms of what designs he might have produced, but also how he would influence any American designers he worked with.
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