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Continued from above... the world, especially for inline designs, developing over 3,000
horsepower (hp) in its later versions.
The Napier Sabre represented the ultimate in piston engine technology, not
only in the 1930s when it was conceived, but even by today īs standards. It was
a truly remarkable engine, representing the ultimate in complexity, technology,
specific power, and unfortunately .... problems. In retrospect it can be stated
that many of the Sabre's woes were due the pressures in wartime England to get
the latest technology into production as rapidly as possible, even though many
of the "bugs", both design - and manufacturing-related, had not been work out. |