Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "Why the Merlin engine was essential to the war" video.

  1. Cornish engineer Stuart Tresilian told RR they should build a smaller engine going at 2x the revs. That would make the same power with even less weight. He was of course ignored but post-war engineering proved him right.
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  2. Ford did pretty well in Germany during WW2. No surprises he wasn’t keen to make a war winning engine.
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