Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "Bristol Beaufighter NF Mk. V; How to Use ‘Good’ Ideas to Ruin an Aircraft" video.

  1. Smashing video, and yes, I'd love an video just about the development of AI radar sets either just in WWII or even right up to the present day if that's within your capacity!
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  2. It's a really complex subject - Greg's Airplanes does the most in-depth look at it that I have seen. Liquid cooled inlines need to have coolant radiators and oil coolers which cause drag etc, and usually are heavier units. The other issue - if you look at how far in front of the wing the Merlins extend in Ed's video - is a change to the centre of gravity too; the Merlin powered Wellington had to have some work done to deal with the change of CoG, and looking at the Beau, I bet it really buggered the balance up!
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  3.  @John.0z  I understood that to be the case too - as Grahame Pigney notes further down with the B.II Lancaster - that Halifaxes, Wellingtons, and Lancs all had RR and Bristol engined variants to make sure they worked - just in case of supply interruptions.
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