The Engine of the Dark Side? Daimler-Benz DB-600 - DB-605 - Part 1

the daimler ben 600 series engines have always fascinated me i'm not entirely sure why to be honest maybe because of its inverted design maybe because of its characteristic sound or maybe because i think we all have a bit of a fascination with the villains of a story in fact when i watched star wars as a kid i can remember just being in awe anytime i saw a tie fighter on the screen the dark colors the sleek lines and i mean come on if i put these engines in a lineup you can just see which one is the bad guy's engine i mean it's incredible it looks like it's about to rip off its mouths and come at me with a baseball bat i know that the guy that designed the ss uniforms went for this type of look intentionally but i find it hard to believe that the chief designers at daimler benz didn't know how evil their engine looked i think there must have been something in the water in germany so i guess with a healthy fascination for the dark side and because the db600 series is one of our favorite engines here at flight dojo we'll be taking a before we get too far into this series however we want to take a second to give a shout out to the book the secret horsepower race by callum e douglas if you guys enjoy this video and are interested in content like this this is the book for you the painstaking research mr douglas put into this work is simply astounding and we cannot recommend it enough so with that out of the way let's get to it the story of the db 600 series is one of technological advancements being continually sought and achieved despite the severe resource limitations germany faced during the conflict more specifically limitations in their supply of precious metals fuel quality issues and mismanagement by the rlm created a situation that forced germany's engineers to attempt the impossible win and design race with inferior materials in an inferior environment all while dealing with a logistical nightmare