I do read German and therefore I know the difference between what was flown and what was projected for the V15 prototype: "Blatt 6" shows about 485 Km/h for the FLOWN 1.3 ata value and the ESTMATED 500 Km/h value for "Geschwindigkeiten bei Garantierter Motorlesitung" 1.35 ata as a dashed line. So who is being dishonest now?
Concerning the French test it looks like very few data points and none at SL as I can tell so your claim that this supports the 500 Km/h seems a stretch.
So HoHuns and my calculations are for "a different engine" and can be discounted as "estimates"?. Quite interesting that this method of calculation works well with the Spitfire and also mirrors 466-475 km/h Rechlin test results for the Me109E SERIES aircraft no?
I see you added some Spitfire data now. I assume it's safe to bet that this is the absolute rock bottom worst data you were able to find on the Spit, right?
Last edited by Holtzauge; 09-29-2012 at 07:47 PM.
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