109 prop pitch (rpm) and the supercharger

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by pstyle

Hi guys, as promised the direct quotes:

Of special importance was teachign them how to change the pitch of their propeller to get maximum pull from the engine at high altitude.
A flat pitch would allow the enginer to rev up to its maximum so that the super-charger would deliver the maximum vlume o air to the cylinders and
produce optimum power; chnaging to coarser pitch would have that enginer power converted into more pull and consequently speed our rate of climb.
It was vital they mastered this technique if they were to keep uo in a battl climb or at high altitude.

AND

... we began our climb almost immediately afdtetr take-off and he was constatly using the radio to ask us to slow down so that he could keep up.
It was obvious that he wasn't manipulating the pitch control with the skill of the more seasoned pilots to produce the same power as our mahcines...
Eventually, about half way accross the channel and at 4000m (13,000ft) Kühle told him to leave the fomration and retun home.

What I take from this:
1. The prop-pitch manipulation had direct impact on air-speed.
2. This technique was used BOTH at high altitude AND at low altitude in the climb, and had an effect in both cases.

I understand that this is not modelled in the game. Is that correct?

It's in the game. I rember giving on this forum the same advice to rev up the the SC.

So COD is "quite accurate" again