109 e3b against spitfire II

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Originally Posted by TomcatViP

This is true but only because of the higher boost level ..... hence a slightly more shaft power consuming s/c (the RAF had to build a high alt engine with lower cubic inches)... hence ...


this diag depict Merlin without s/c (test on grd) and a DB with SC!

But it is true that Merlin had a superior TBO although I am not sure what the value were for the BoB period

So what figures do you propose for HP?

240 hrs was the BofB TBO figure for the Merlin. It was raised progressively to about 350 hrs by 1945, for combat aircraft.