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Originally Posted by Kurfürst
As of December 1944, I see 84 Tempest with the 2nd Tactical Air Force, and 20 in Britain, 64/16 were servicable at the time, this including Squadron reserves (ie. RAF Sqns were issued 20 aircraft, but of these 12 flew missions, the rest were reserves).
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...ov44-may45.jpg
Regarding +11 lbs boost on the Tempest, the transcript of an August 1944 RAF report has to say the following:
This documentation mentioned above
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/1.../appendixa.pdf
notes that at the end of the V-1 manace (September 1944) Tempest Squadrons reverted back to +9 lbs boost and 130 grade fuel. |
Once again, Kurfurst tries to have the exception prove the rule, and once again, he strives to remake history according to his 'interpretations'.
He presents an August 1944 test.
The test notes the poor quality of the submitted aircraft, ie. non-representative of the typical Tempest which were being re-equipped with the Sabre IIB, an engine which could use +11 boost even without 150 octane, as noted in this clearance issued by the RAF in Jan. '45.
Subsequently, boost of +11 became standardized, as well as the increased RPM limit of 3850, as noted in the Aircraft chart issued to pilots and mechanics.
Although it has already been seen this thread, I will post the chart again, for those who have trouble reading.
Note the date on the chart: 2/2/45
Ie. many months after Kurfurst claims the Tempests reverted back to +9 boost we find the Tempest official aircraft card, which as noted: "...cancels and supercedes all previous cards issued on this aircraft.", allowing +11 boost... isn't that amazing, but of course in certain imaginary worlds we should defer to the opinion of someone who wasn't even there, instead of the technical supervisors who actually maintained the aircraft...
