Thread: Mossie speed
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Old 09-30-2008, 12:04 AM
Al Schlageter Al Schlageter is offline
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Originally Posted by Bobb4 View Post
The kill quoted earlier in this thread is of a mossie out of its element, flying low, someting it was not really meant to do???? I could be wrong on that but I always assumed a mossie was a high altitude fighter/bomber.
Early Mossies used single stage two speed superchargers (Merlin 20 series) which hurt its performance at altitude just like the Allison V-1710 hurt at altitude.

Get hold of the Osprey books on the Mossie.
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