Shane, I love the flow of how your thoughts on the engines go, I'm still worried that a Merlin based x-24 engine might go the way of the Exe if a Griffon based one and the Eagle are available.
Mark, things that help the Vulture, will also help the Sabre. If that's the case and English Electric can get the production quality up after the introduction of new machine tools, it will take a monumental change in thought to prevent the Sabre from being on the Typhoon and Tempest. If Vulture gets picked up for your bombers, as I think it would, all the production would most likely end up there. Remember, production wise a Vulture would be almost twice the work of a Merlin and you'd need 4 for your bombers.
Also, putting a different engine on Hurricane would not be thought of, she's at her airframe limit and any extra Hp is wasted unless we need to increase her weight considerable with ordnance or fuel and even then the later outputs from the Merlin in 1942 easily cover that.
Russ / Roller007



