ORIGINAL: Herrbear
ORIGINAL: witpqs
Except for the case of multiple engines along the center axis (very rare), multi-engine planes in WWII have their engines on/in the wings. Because the engines are heavy, this means that they have a lot more inertia to overcome when they try to roll. It's basically the physics concept of angular momentum.
This is one big difference between single and multi-engine planes in WWII.
I understand about the concept of angular momentum. But I am only discussing max speed and rate of climb. I don't think that angular momentum plays a part in this.
This thread is about the maneuverability rating. Max speed and ROC are used in the formula to derive maneuverability because they affect it. Same thing regarding multi-engine - it affects angular momentum, which affects roll - so it is part of the formula to derive maneuverability, because roll is part of maneuverability.