The 'Great Debate' - Spitfire vs BF109

[Kwiatek]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Hve you seen that in the MkII manual they are talking abt 1min at T.O for the 12lb boost rate ? And did you notice that the MKII had also a new eng fitted ?

You miss Spitfire with 109.

1 minute TO emergency power was allowed for 109 E at 1.4 ( 1.45) Ata,

and 5 minutes was for Emergency power at 1.3 ( 1.35 Ata) - which in CLOD you could used for all day until your fuel is gone.

For Spitfire MK1 100 Octan +12 lbs was definitly 5-minutes emergency power and for SPitfire MK II +12 lbs was probably initialy 3-minutes emergency then also 5 minutes time limit. I see no reason why Merlin XII could not stand 5-minutes emergency power if Merlin III could do it without problem expecially if MErlin XII was designated for 100 Octan fuel more then MErlin III ( which was adopted only).