Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
Good enough for government work.
Here's an alternate Government approach to the Junkers.
I don't think the full take-off power (1340hp per engine) would be sustainable for the bombing mission - we would need to throttle back at cruising height (17,000ft).
Jane's say the Jumo has a cruising power of around 900hp. At this figure the fuel consumption is listed as 496lb/hr.
The net says 7.2lb per imperial gallon.
So, 4,586.4lb divided by 992lb/hr (two engines) gives an endurance of 4.6hrs. Multiplied by the cruising speed of 230 mph gives us a range of 1,058 miles.
The wiki site gives 1,110 miles. Not bad I thought.