Don't make performances secret this time

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Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

I didn't know the Owen Stanley was like a fence with no breaks in it.

The Allison V-1710 was no different than the early versions of the Merlin.

It was very different. Allison had only a single stage supercharger, and after reaching critical height as low as 2800-3500 m, the power fell like a stone. Take a look at the climb performance of the P39D-2 here:

http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...7320-chart.jpg

The climb (a bit different from what we have in the game is a direct function of the engine power.

Regarding the New Guinea operations of the P39, and Owen Stanley take a look here:
http://yarchive.net/mil/p39.html

Or take a look at the terrain between Moresby and Buna in Google Maps- look at the satellite pic.