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Old 05-28-2011, 03:00 AM
Skoshi Tiger Skoshi Tiger is offline
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It seams to work well in the Spitfire IIa, following the manual settings for maximum range.

Air Speed 160 mph IAS, Mixture weak.

I found I was setting the govenor to about 2400RPM and then using the throtle to maintain about 2200- 2300rpm. I was trying to keep my manifold pressure as low as possible.

When I tried in a MK1a I found that my rpm was bouncing around a lot under 2400rpm and I found it difficult to maintain airspeed.

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