Bugatti 100P Rebuilt: The Plane That Could've Turned the Battle of Britain 3

[drawoh]

This is an interesting pieces on Slashdot, although it and the links are wildly inaccurate about a lot of the stuff.

Bugatti 100P Rebuilt: The Plane That Could've Turned the Battle of Britain.

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[Murec]

The article mentions that the plane was intended to participate in the Coupe Deutsch. This was a speed competition that limited engine size. While this limitation led to great developments in aerodynamics, military planes needed larger and more powerful engines to be able to carry heavy loads of weapons and ammunition. A Coupe Deutsch plane would not make a great fighter - as proved by the Cauldron Renault against the Messerschmitt.