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Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen
What a BS statement. When fitted with similar propeller (4-blade) and Sabre alowing the same boost, the Tempest was a huge 15 mph (less than 4%) faster than the Typhoon at 20,000 ft and its service ceiling was a massive 1500 feet better (according to Masonīs Typhoon/Tempest book). The Tempestīs critical Mach number was a whopping 0.02 Mach (according to Brownīs Testing for Combat) improvement over that of the Typhoon, a huge 2.5%.
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Then there is a big mystery, and no one likes those.
Fact: the RAF rejected the Typhoon for air superiority in 1942.
Fact: the RAF bought the Tempest for air superiority in 1944.
Why? Were the RAF mad as well as bad (tongue-in-cheek)?