British FM killing the fun of the game for allied pilots.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Ease of flying is not about managing the systems, the Spit was easyer to fly because it had light and responsive controls as opposed to the heavy controls on the 109, it really does not take much flying skill to operate a prop lever and radiator flaps.

pure bs... again.

Some of the P40 pilots switching to 51 mentioned the added workload with the Merlin vs the Allison.

Fact is fact. And again in a sim you don't dye and can learn after your mistake. Nothing unmanageable with the Merlin. You just have to get used to it.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

pure bs... again.

Some of the P40 pilots switching to 51 mentioned the added workload with the Merlin vs the Allison.

Fact is fact. And again in a sim you don't dye and can learn after your mistake. Nothing unmanageable with the Merlin. You just have to get used to it.

First of all the 'pure bs...again' is unecessary and rude, funny how you can use all the annecdotal evidence you like but when it comes to anybody else using it you reject it, I am telling you as a real pilot that using prop levers and radiator controls, carb heat, gear levers etc etc do not call for any particular level of flying skill.

[swift]

With newest patch I too have the impression that the spitfire overheats faster, even with full radiator open.

I am also a bit confused with the mixture handling. How does it affect the performance and the overheating?

Anyhow I do not seem to be able to get the Spitfire fast when at altitude without cooking the engine.

I do not know how I can get maximum performance without overheating it. However it seems that the Spit overheats a little less at sea level but at altitude it starts to boil quickly. Somebody can give me advice on it?

I also think that when flying faster the cooling effect should be better. So with same power settings (boost, rpm) I should cool my engine when diving.

I also seem that the Spit 1a_100 seems to overheat quickly in short! dives. I frequently cook the engine when I run her at 2600 rpm full boost (but no boost cut out) after a short dive. This is strange. Due to constant speed propeller rpm should not increase for too long beyond 2600 rpm at 6 lbs boost which is a setting for which one can run the spit 1a_100oct quite safely without overheating her. When I do some extended loops at about 10 kft I always overheat her. This seems not normal. Not for a constant speed prop plane where overreving should be not a big issue. Radiator's always full open btw.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Hi Swift, and welcome to the 1C Forum. Your observations tally with many of us with the latest patch. A few of us are working behind the scenes on that very thing at this moment. In the meantime, keep your rpms no higher than 2500 and boost at 6.2. Stay posted.