Over-revving the FW 190 D9 1945

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Originally Posted by Woke Up Dead

That definitely makes sense and it's what I do when I'm in planes without auto prop-pitch, I assumed the automatic mechanisms in the German planes would do this more efficiently for me.

In a previous post you were wondering why I keep the engine at maximum power and you seemed to imply that reducing power would somehow generate more speed, I'm guessing you meant prop-pitch, not power?

I mean both. You should achieve the same speed, without the need to overheat the engine. Engine power should be maxed when starting the dive, but after some point, plane dependent, power should be diminished to around 30%, and pitch to a minimum.