[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I find this thread too hard to 'swallow'! I'd imagine the 'near' exact has to do with today's superior metallurgical science which readily adapts, makes more reliable and improves the Jumo 004's 1940's theory BIGTIME

It would be a bit dangerous and expensive to mount the original engines. They were EXTREMELY touchy to throttle changes (liked to catch fire or stall) and had a service life of just 25 hours IIRC.