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Old 16th May 2016, 20:22
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And you donīt think that has had "something" to do with the materials situation in Germany at the time ?

So Sir Frank Whittle changed the world for the better and Dr. Joachim Pabst von Ohain didnīt....?
Not really - the German Axial flow engine was too far ahead of achievable production reliability - Frank Whittle was clever enough to know that the centrifugal engine could be made reliable within a reasonable time scale - he was aware of Axial flow !
Even the Allies who had access to exotic alloys etc struggled with axial flow blade design/ reliability for some years after 1945.
In short the Germans tried to run before they could walk with axial flow engines !
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