How to properly use prop pitch in IL-2 Cliffs of Dover

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Originally Posted by Forcavitale

So whats the ideal RPM for a Hurricane Rotol?

Not sure if this applies to the Hurri but from the Spit Pilot accounts I have read they only mention PP settings for combat RPM. Geoffry Wellum states a specific figure of 2650 RPM once he was at altitude. This figure was confirmed by Group Captain Peter Gilpin when I asked him about prop pitch settings when flying his Spit during the BoB. The only additional comments he made were that the Spit performed better at this RPM but he did adjust the RPM to around 2800 when using boost (in his MkV).

In MP I know a lot of players who change the PP during combat but I tend to set it for 2700RPM and leave it at that. The important thing is not to cook the Merlin by over revving it and the rated max is 3000 RPM for a brief period of time but it soon gets to critical temp.