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Faunsdale, AL | The Corsair and Hellcat designers took a different approach. They were designed for lower altitude operations so the turbocharger wasn’t as important.
The designers opted for two stages of centrifugal super chargers with an intercooler that could be packaged into the space behind the engine and keep the fuselage size, especially the “diameter” down compared to the “Jug”
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