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So you need to accept, that we talking about fictional fighter concepts. Instead of just saying that a third engine for superchargers would have been worse for fighters than for bombers, you should give reasons for it. A third engine in the fuselage is more disturbing in a bomber (bomb bay!) than in an otherwise twin engine fighter like the (not so successful) BF110.Twin engine fighter are pretty lame around the longitude axis, this is the main reason why the concept failed in most cases, and a third engine wouldn't have change much about it. It might have been an option for high altitude fighters, which don't require a lot agility but a much supercharging to shot down high flying bombers.The only successful twin engine fighter in WW2 which comes into my mind was the P-38, which was designed with turbocharging in mind. The twin boom design was chosen to enable enough room for the Turbo supercharging system, so this was never a candidate for third engine driving the supercharger. This was done for a long range and enabled also a lot of firepower, but it only worked with new tactics (Thatch weave).
So you need to accept, that we talking about fictional fighter concepts. Instead of just saying that a third engine for superchargers would have been worse for fighters than for bombers, you should give reasons for it. A third engine in the fuselage is more disturbing in a bomber (bomb bay!) than in an otherwise twin engine fighter like the (not so successful) BF110.
Twin engine fighter are pretty lame around the longitude axis, this is the main reason why the concept failed in most cases, and a third engine wouldn't have change much about it. It might have been an option for high altitude fighters, which don't require a lot agility but a much supercharging to shot down high flying bombers.
The only successful twin engine fighter in WW2 which comes into my mind was the P-38, which was designed with turbocharging in mind. The twin boom design was chosen to enable enough room for the Turbo supercharging system, so this was never a candidate for third engine driving the supercharger. This was done for a long range and enabled also a lot of firepower, but it only worked with new tactics (Thatch weave).
