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Originally Posted by Crumpp
If the aircraft in service were most commonly using 100 Octane, those limits would be the ones listed under the limiting Operating Conditions of the Pilots Operating Notes.
That is how it works.
The 87 Octane limiting operating conditions are published as the predominate operating limits of the aircraft in June 1940. References to 100 Octane are minor footnotes denoting specialized circumstances that are not the common configuration.
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So how do you know it worked that way? Source please.
Here is evidence that it didn't work that way:
Hurricane I "operational limitations" May 1941 (thanks Klem):
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...4&d=1334674718
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...5&d=1334674727
Spitfire I "operational limitations" January 1942 (I'm sure someone has a better copy of this)
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...5&d=1334723739
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...6&d=1334723745
Merlin II, II and V "operational limitations" November 1940
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...7&d=1334724557
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...8&d=1334724563
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...9&d=1334724569
In all of these publications 100 octane fuel and +12 is only a "minor footnote" and the "All out" limit is given as +6 1/4.