How Could Heinkel-Hirth Compete After the HeS 011 Fell Behind BMW and Jumo?

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The HeS 011’s thrust per frontal area was clearly inferior to that of the BMW P.3306 and the Jumo 012. Even the HeS 011C, for which it is still unclear whether von Ohain’s promised growth potential to 3,500 lbf depended only on further tuning or on improved materials, would still have lagged behind BMW’s and Jumo’s products.
Given this disadvantage, how did Heinkel-Hirth intend to compete with other companies for future engine orders?
 
In The Elegance of Flight, von Ohain said that the HeS 011’s estimated pressure ratio could be increased to 8:1, but its thrust would only rise to 3,500 lbf. It is still unclear whether even this figure was supposed to come from improvements to the engine’s structure and tuning, or from assuming access to precious metals that were unavailable at the time.
A thrust of 3,500 lbf was far below the roughly 6,000 lbf level of comparable competitors at the time. Moreover, those competing engines were much closer to rapid production, while the HeS 011C was still only at the conceptual stage.So where exactly did things go wrong?
 
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