Bf109 max speed...

[Anders_And]

Sorry guys for an annoying question...
I come from 10 years of Il2 playing and I cant get the bf109E to speed up here in this game...

So what do I do?
Well I start at an airfield and open radiator fully start up the engine and give her full power.. After take off I retract the gear and close raditor slightly to not overheat. Max speed I can accelerate to is ca 390km/h IAS in level flight at sealevel... What am I missing or forgetting?? :/

I realise this question sounds soooo noobish..
cheers

[trumps]

Are you using CEM? Prop pitch is the key, I usually fly at full throttle, rad fully open, oil cooler 50% and keep prop pitch adjusted to give me about 23-2400rpm. 420ish kph at 3-4000m level flight is about the norm from memory.

Craig

[Anders_And]

yup im using CEM... I turned it off just to see what difference it makes and with CEM off I get ca 440km/h at sea level...
Playing with prop pitch didnt affect speed so much as expected. What difference does oil cooler have on speed?
Since the temp guages are not working properly its difficult to use them I think.

I am deffinately missing something!
:/

[Anders_And]

I solved the problem!! I had to play more with the prop pitch that was all! Thx guys!

[Anders_And]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

In all honesty, I don't find the oil cooler does anything unless radical changes are made (i.e. closing it to around 20%) if I'm pushing my engine hard. Normally, I'll fly with the rpm at the lower end of the powerband (2000-2200) so the engine stays cooler anyways. Oil cooler seems to have less effect on speed than the water rads. Keep the water as closed as you can, keeping the temp around 96-98 under power (rpm>2300), and you'll pick up maybe 10-20kph from full open water rads.

Thx for the tip cheesehawk!

[Bullit]

Originally Posted by Anders_And

I solved the problem!! I had to play more with the prop pitch that was all! Thx guys!

Anders (or anybody else) can you tell me exactly what you did with your prop as Iam also having this issue, Iam playing the Eagle Campaign at the moment and cannot stay up with my lead pilots, I am playing like you with CEM but can only get about 350kph at level flight at max with full throttle and max prop.

[Bullit]

Thank you for the tips Cheesehawk will try this method where do you keep your prop during these phases? Since the recent patches the 109 Prop only seems to have three settings- feather one notch up and then max.