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Although the carburetor system cut out under negative вЂgвЂ™, it had the advantage of mixing the right amount of air to fuel mixture, at a lesser temperature, making it more dense and able to maintain more of the power from the engine. It worked directly off the crank, and was fed by a carburetor. The MerlinвЂ™s supercharger was mounted behind the engine. This enabled them to be fired through the propeller arc. Machine guns with interrupter gear, were mounted over the top of the engines crankcase. The muzzle could pass under the crankshaft, avoiding the pistons and connecting rods, through the reduction gear, propeller pitch control mechanism and out the centre of the spinner, with no need for interrupter gear. With the inverted engine and the side mounted supercharger, a cannon could also be mounted behind the engine. This had the advantage of slightly better fuel consumption, and a system that did not cut out under negative вЂgвЂ™ when the aircraft was put into a bunt. It was indirectly driven off the crank, and fed with a fuel injection system. In the Daimler, it was fitted to the port side of the engine. The Daimler Benz and the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines were fitted with superchargers.

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It is interesting to note that the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine was never enlarged, by boring out the cylinders, or increasing the stroke on the crankshaft, but remained at 27litres (1,648ci) throughout the development of the two speed, single stage X and XX engines, and the two speed, two stage 60/70 and 266 series engines. This engine displaced 33.9 litres (2,069ci) and was 25% larger in capacity than the Spitfire IaвЂ™s, 27 litre (1,648ci) Rolls-Royce Merlin, which produced 1,030hp (768kW) at take off. By now the Messerschmitt Bf109E-3 had been fitted with the more powerful Daimler Benz 601Aa engine, producing 1,175hp (876kW) at take off. Speed was similar, the Messerschmitt was slightly faster at altitudes up to 14,500ft (4,420m), whereas the Spitfire was faster above 20,000ft (6,096m). The Spitfire Mark Ia and the Messerschmitt Bf109E-3 were of similar performance, and where one gained an advantage in one respect, the other gained an advantage in another.

The Spitfire and Messerschmitt finally met in battle over the beaches of Dunkirk in June1940, although the British had access to the latest German fighter the month before, with an example that was captured when it landed behind French lines, in November 1939.

The German Luftwaffe and the Messerschmitt were tested in the Spanish Civil War (1936-38), and gained valuable experience of air fighting and tactics, supporting General Francisco FrancoвЂ™s Nationalist cause. The Spitfire prototype flew nearly a year later on 5th March 1936, fitted with the new Rolls-Royce Merlin C, 990hp (738kW) engine. This was fitted due to the new inverted V-12 Junkers Jumo 210 engine, being still under development at the time. The Messerschmitt flew in late May 1935, with a Rolls-Royce Kestrel V, 21.2 litre (1294ci) engine, producing 695hp (518kW). V-12 ENGINESД«oth the Messerschmitt Bf109, and the Spitfire prototype aircraft, first flew with V-12 Rolls-Royce engines. The Spitfire was advanced, but the manufacture of the elliptical wing initially caused a lot of problems, especially for the shadow companies set up to build them in component form. It had an uncomplicated structure, with less compound curves, so that more could be built in a shorter time. The Messerschmitt was easier to manufacture than the Spitfire.

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Both aircraft were short range fighters, developed in the mid 1930вЂ™s, and both were monoplanes with a low cantilever wing and flush riveted stressed skin of monocoque construction. The Spitfire along with its German counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf109, fought each other throughout the duration of the Second World War.

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