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Originally Posted by tcar
It's turbocharged...Check out a pic of the P-38 with the same Allisons, it's turbocharged, too, so the exhaust must be routed to the Tubocharger, Not open, like all the supercharged Merlins were.
The P-40 with open exhausts had an Allison also, but not turbocharged.
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They must have done a better cleaner installation than anything else flying because I'm just not seeing it on that water-cooled B-17 prototype.
Could it be supercharged not turbocharged? Wasn't the P-38 both?
P-38
https://www.trifive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137677
B-17 (Radial Engine)
https://www.trifive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137677
Those old turbos must have run real hot, all exposed to be cooled by passing air, not buried in sheet work.
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