P-40E with Klimov M-105P engine

[CountZero]

Would it be posible to add as modification russian engine in P-40E, i see that number of them were modified to have M-105P engine. With the way engine works in game having vvs engine in american airplane would be game changer and make this airplane more usefule for masses.

 

http://www.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/soviet/p40/p40.html

http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/romanenko/p-40/

 

Because there were no spare Allison engines, and the fighters were in great demand, the regiment commander Major A. A. Matveyev, suggested that Soviet-manufactured engines M-105P and M-105R be installed in the P-40Es. More than 40 fighters were duly modified at the 1st Aviation Repair Base of 13th Air Army (at the same time several single-seaters were converted into two-seaters. Naturally, the installation of a less powerful engine resulted in a diminution of the fighter's performance. The maximum speed of a P-40E with the M-105P engine and VISh-61P propeller was reduced by 12 kmh (from 477 to 465 kmh). Therefore the modified fighters were quickly transferred to another regiment (196th IAP).

Edited April 2, 2019 by 77.CountZero

[Dakpilot]

Would be better to get the Yak and LaGG with the 105P engine first.. 

But I have no objection to the principle, however I doubt many people would be enthusiastic for a low performance P-40 at its historic time period. 

 

Any work/update on P-40 would be better spent on later models than the E, which were on EF in greater numbers 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

 

[Valis]

I think the minor loss in performance would be offset by the presumably simplified engine management.

 

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On 4/2/2019 at 6:51 AM, 77.CountZero said:

Would it be posible to add as modification russian engine in P-40E, i see that number of them were modified to have M-105P engine. With the way engine works in game having vvs engine in american airplane would be game changer and make this airplane more usefule for masses..

Not really... the M-105P offers 1050HP of power, almost the same as the V-1710 does in continuous... so you just would be limited to continuous performance in the P-40 which isn't good.

A later variant of the P-40 like a K or M/N would be much better.

[CountZero]

They add it first to P-40, then they can easy add it to early Lagg-3 and yak-1 and we all of sudden have more airplanes for BoM missions  win win 

[LukeFF]

All of the M-105 P-40s were up in the Leningrad area, so it's not exactly relevant to BoS right now. 

1 hour ago, 77.CountZero said:

They add it first to P-40, then they can easy add it to early Lagg-3 and yak-1 and we all of sudden have more airplanes for BoM missions  win win 

 

It's more work than you are claiming it is. 

[CountZero]

if they ere only used there then they would not fit for game, ah to bad it would be interesting to see what the effect would be having that option

[Venturi]

Why don't we get a IL-2 with an Allison in it while we're at it?

[ZachariasX]

12 hours ago, Venturi said:

Why don't we get a IL-2 with an Allison in it while we're at it?

The „plane of no return“ then.

 

Here you go:

 

It flies actually. They omitted the timer.

[LukeFF]

17 hours ago, Venturi said:

Why don't we get a IL-2 with an Allison in it while we're at it?

 

P-40s with Klimov engines were very much a real thing. 

[SovietAce]

It would be interesting modification to be sure. Howerer this modification wasnt much succesfull due to lower HP of VK105P. It only worsened already poor perfomance of P-40s. Units that used this suffered terrible losses. But it would look interestingly to be sure: 

[Venturi]

On 4/17/2019 at 10:25 AM, LukeFF said:

 

P-40s with Klimov engines were very much a real thing. 

Kindof like a 109 with a Merlin in it?

On 4/17/2019 at 5:50 AM, ZachariasX said:

The „plane of no return“ then.

 

Here you go:

 

It flies actually. They omitted the timer.

Thanks for getting the reference.