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Was that Sabre engine sleeve valve?
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This is a Hawker Tempest II. I've never seen that ducted spinner shown earlier. Interesting. For this design, they copied what they found on a captured FW-190 and put a gear driven fan inside the cowling for increased cooling around an anular radiator.. I think the German design spun at 130% prop speed, I don't know what Hawker did.
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