Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Lockheed L-133 Starjet - The Nearly Built '1st' Jet Fighter!" video.

  1. The British engine was superior by the simple expedient of actually existing. The axial flow was known about by Sir Frank Whittle but he went ahead with his engine because at that time the metals needed for the axial flow engines did not exist. His engine could be built as it made better use of the metals available and it was more reliable than that of Germany. The German engine was axial flow but because they also lacked the metals needed it had a very short life span of some 25 hours before it needed to be rebuilt. So, no the American engine would not have been superior because at the time metallurgy would not be advanced enough to build it.
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  2. Me too
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