In article , Mike Marron
writes
Nah, the Shackleton was a frumpy Brit post-war bomber
hopelessly outclassed by the sleek and futuristic B-29
which actually saw combat in both WW2 and Korea and
later copied by the Soviets.

I was responding to the post that suggested the B-29 performance was due
largely to lots of power and 17ft props, whilst the Shackleton with
slightly more power (4x 2,450 Vs 4x 2,200 from my sources) and contra-
props offered more mundane performance. Therefore power is not
everything and there must be a significant design difference between the
two.

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John