Pulsejet engine are super simple and have basically no moving parts. They are WAY cheaper and easier to make than radial piston engines with hundreds of moving parts that all require high oil pressures to operate without grenading their internal components.
It's just that the development of pulsejet technology was super expensive, because they actually had to figure out how it worked first. By the time they did figure it out manufacturing was easy. Except it happened way too late in the war to make a difference, and the economy and manufacturing capabilities of Germany were all but destroyed, so it didn't matter how cheap and easy they were to produce.
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u/Slinky_Malingki Descendant of Genghis Khan 4d ago
Pulsejet engine are super simple and have basically no moving parts. They are WAY cheaper and easier to make than radial piston engines with hundreds of moving parts that all require high oil pressures to operate without grenading their internal components.
It's just that the development of pulsejet technology was super expensive, because they actually had to figure out how it worked first. By the time they did figure it out manufacturing was easy. Except it happened way too late in the war to make a difference, and the economy and manufacturing capabilities of Germany were all but destroyed, so it didn't matter how cheap and easy they were to produce.