12.04.2009, 23:37
I had mentioned that significant redesign would be required to fit a DB to a D520. It is all down to engineering.
I'm just saying that with a DB engine, just like your "Schmittfire", a D520 would not be able to mount a weapon firing through the prop hub with the engine change. An engine change is basically firewall forward, but anything aft of that, such as aligning a weapon barrel down an engine assembly with a different thrust axis affects far more airframewise than does an engine swap by itself.
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I'm just saying that with a DB engine, just like your "Schmittfire", a D520 would not be able to mount a weapon firing through the prop hub with the engine change. An engine change is basically firewall forward, but anything aft of that, such as aligning a weapon barrel down an engine assembly with a different thrust axis affects far more airframewise than does an engine swap by itself.
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