搞了本鱼鹰的super fortress units of wwii和另一本day by day的,顺道补充一下“B-29服役早期发动机故障”的内容。
简言之44年10月份之前发动机故障/起火的事故确实有,但总体概率不超过1/5;并且10月份之后就不怎么发生了(不知是否对应换装3350-23的缘故?)。
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“Engine fires were still plaguing the B-29 program. Some of these problems were solved by the replacement of the original R-3350-13 engines by R-3350-21 engines, which did not really reduce the incidence of engine fires but at least reduced the risk of fires spreading to the aluminum-covered wings. The R-3350-23 was not ready in time to be fitted to aircraft as they rolled off the production line, so they had to be fitted at the modification centers.”


最后感叹下美帝真有钱。