Spit/109 sea level speed comparisons in 1.08 beta patch

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After reading through this thread and the last big thread on this issue:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=32259

I am still in the camp of the typical 109E doing around 475kmh at SL and 560kmh TAS top speed. IMO it is too much argument work to make the available flight tests match the 500kmh deck speed for series 109Es, as opposed to allowing that the aircraft were actually around the pass/fail level at SL (but OK at alt).

One thing that was brought up in the last thread, that the aircraft would be "failed" and sent back to Messerschmitt if they did <475kmh at SL. However, the 109G acceptance plot posted in this thread shows testing at a single altitude that varies but is closer to FTH than SL. It makes sense to me that acceptance tests would not be based on a full speed vs alt test regime, and especially not an actual test of the 109 belting along at sea level (a bit difficult to arrange except in CloD). So a 109 doing 470kmh at SL could still pass.

The other thing is considering 1.3ata vs 1.35ata. If the actual limit was 5 mins 1.3ata without the takeoff boost, I don't see that the fact the CloD 109s show 1.35ata suggests they should be made faster than historical (although we are getting toward hair splitting). Instead the CloD boost indication should be fixed or ignored. In the same way if the CloD Spit boost gauge showed +14psi, I wouldn't expect it to be made faster than historical to match the gauge.

One thing I really find interesting for 109s is combat use of the 1 minute takeoff boost. Whether or not it actually works except close to SL really depends on how it is designed...similarly to difference between the actual Spit II gated takeoff boost (will decay quickly with alt) and red tab combat boost (will work at any alt the supercharger is capable of delivering it).

Right now the 1.45ata works even up to FTH (odd), which seems very unlikely. But in real life it should certainly work if you are chasing or being chased low over the channel, but I have not seen a combat report or memoir that confirms this.

With that all said, I would be happy with 500kmh SL 109s if that gave the best and most fulfilling online CloD for both red and blue (with red FM fixed too)

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