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Originally Posted by Crumpp
That is correct.
According to the RAF, the pilot could use boost cut out to achieve more power under any circumstances he felt balanced his risk.
Therefore, you will see it's use and it not surprising at all that running the engine at such an overloaded condition got attention from Dowding.
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Originally Posted by NZtyphoon
What a load of nonsense! Dowding referred specifically to +12 lbs boost which could only be attained with 100 Octane fuel - his memo had absolutely nothing to do with the rubbish you are trying to peddle;
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I have to admit that I'm surprised that Crump expresses such faith in RAF and UK technological superiority, especially his belief that the RR Merlin could run at 12lb boost for 5 minutes with 87 octane fuel...
As much as Crump might wish for this to be modelled in CloD, I should like to agree with NZtyphoon that the Merlin III required 100 octane fuel when pulling greater than 7lb boost.
However, if one reads the memo carefully, Dowding is referring to running the engine
beyond it's oil and coolant limits during climbs and to oil starvation during inverted flight, and running the engine beyond 5 minutes as the major culprits in causing engine damage.