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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
And finally, this is not a thread about what the Merlin could or couldn't do. This is a thread about modeling engine limitations on ANY kind of engine in the sim if it also had them in reality. If the Merlin did or didn't have such restrictions is a completely different matter and totally out of the scope of this thread. What are doing here is this:
"Supposing engine X has limitation Y, what's the best way to have this reflected in the sim?"
Why do you feel the need...
[b2]We are not discussing the capabilities of a specific engine here, [/b] 
Excuse me the bolded text,
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b) establishing an engine's limitations is a prior requirement before you can sim it. There must be others who can comment on the DB engine's reliability and reliability with WEP. Until these limits are discussed, how can you create a sim based upon RL?
I am not hijacking the thread, when I discuss engine limitations, or the mathematics and probabilities of engine failure versus average service life: These are the essential factors that have to be modelled but if engine life with repeated overboost works out to be greater than the average life of an aircraft, then the use of overboost is probably extending the average life, rather than shortening it.
b2: Indeed not, but no one is presenting info on Luftwaffe engines. I wish they would.
I suspect that those familiar with the Me109 for example, are well aware that the use of a properly modelled WEP while flying over London, will probably mean a long swim somewhere in the English Channel, and thus fuel considerations are probably a primary factor in limiting the use of 1.3/1.4 ATA in the 109, while flying over Britain, and while this is less a worry for RAF pilots it is still very much a factor when fuel consumption rises to ~105gph for the Merlin III at 12lb/3000rpm.
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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
It would be more accurate to phrase this a bit differently: engine failures were rare not because WEP was free of charge, but because the aircraft rarely survived long enough for the engine abuse to take effect.
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OK. Now how to sim that?