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Old 03-11-2013, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by zipper View Post
The only thing the gear ratio would do is define the propeller. It would be like saying someone can't put a turbo on their car because they have a 2.73 ratio rear end. (Admittedly a poor analogy - car analogies always are - lol.)
Gears just like any other part have their mechanical limits. So the reason to not put a turbo into your car would be because the gear can only transmit 350Nm of torque.

Anyway, true that the TS was cleared for 1.82 ata later on, in fact the engine's been modelled with, but it was included without because the A-9 in game is a designated a 1944 aircraft.
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