Top speed Bf109G6 late vs La5FN @7000m

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Originally Posted by schnorchel

So maybe you should think it was a big joke that la5f and la5fn could at 110% power Rad closed all day long above certain altitude(maybe 4000m, but I do not remeber the exact munber here)?

I am confused. Are you saying the in-game LA5 overheats too much or not enough ??



Note that it is very common for the SAME aircraft to be vulnerable to overheating related engine failure at low speed/altitude AND also be vulnerable overcooling related engine failure at high speed/altitude.

Amogst US aircraft, the P47 had overcooling issues at altitude and so did the p38. The p38 suffered such severe overcooling at high atitude in the ETO it caused turbocharger failure. Amusingly this has led to a rather curious myth amongst the less informed that the P38 was withdrawn form ETO operations because the PILOT got too cold due to poor cockpit heating. The plane suffered mechanical issues due to overcooling.

As far as the LA5fn goes it had severe overheat problems early in development but I had the impression as time went on it developed an overcooling issue instead. So not all LA5fn were the same.