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Old 28th January 2005, 16:22
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He 177

The coupled-engine concept was an intrinsic part of the He 177 design from the start: the structural strengthening for dive-bombing came later.

Had there been no other differences, then the four-engined configuration of the He 277 would have had more drag, thus giving a lower top speed and poorer payload/range characteristics.
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