Prop Pitch Question

[reflected]

I'm sorry but you're wrong.

There was no such thing as "Spitfire MKI"
or rather, all of them were MKI-s.
The letter was added when they fitted new wings with cannons:

Spitfire Mk.Ia: 8x .303 mgs
Spitfire Mk.Ib: 4x .303 mgs and 2x 20mm cannon

Therefore the lettering has NOTHING to do with propellors.

EVERY SINGLE Spitfire MKI was fitted with constant speed propellor between early June and late July.

I'm glad we have an early MkI with the 2 pitch prop but come on, there was none of these during the height of the battle!!!

[41Sqn_Banks]

IMHO they should change the names:

"Spitfire I" to "Spitfire IA (DH 5-20)"
"Spitfire IA" to "Spitfire IA (Rotol)"

just the way they named the Hurricane.

[reflected]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Banks

IMHO they should change the names:

"Spitfire I" to "Spitfire IA (DH 5-20)"
"Spitfire IA" to "Spitfire IA (Rotol)"

just the way they named the Hurricane.

Precisely.

[utu]

see this video on the spit props, A2A made a very good work on his early Spit for FSX.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psYL7...eature=related

[LeLv30_Finwolf]

Originally Posted by reflected

EVERY SINGLE Spitfire MKI was fitted with constant speed propellor between early June and late July.

I'm glad we have an early MkI with the 2 pitch prop but come on, there was none of these during the height of the battle!!!

And what year / battle are you talking about?
The game is NOT "starting/ending/contained" in Battle of Brittain - (with the exception on Single player "campaign").
Therefore it is perfectly "right" to have spitfires with dual-pitch prop as the game has planes of the 1939.

IF it would be 1940/battle of brittain - then Germans should have the later E-models and first F-models in use as well...

You fail to comprehend, that the timescale is not limited to 1940, but has planes from 1939 as well (and of course will have more on earlier and later dates).

It is true that by the time of Battle of Brittain (10 July – 31 October 1940) many of the spits / hc were refitted - however, the refitting ended in late July as the battle of Brittain started in early July - therefore the use of older props in spits/hc is correct.

And that is all I have to say, as this is no derailing from the original topic, which I believe was answered.

- Finwolf -

[reflected]

Mate, do you own CloD at all?

If yes, open a QMB and you'll see that we have an Early Spit I, called "Spitfire MKI" with a 2 pitch prop - I'm perfectly fine with this, perfectly suitable form pre June 1940 scenarios.
But we have another, late Spit I, called "Spitfire MKIa" which is exactly the same as our "Spitfire MKI" apart from the name. That one is supposed to have a CS prop!

And if we want historical naming, they should be called:

"Spitfire I" to "Spitfire IA (DH 5-20)"
"Spitfire IA" to "Spitfire IA (Rotol)"

As someone pointed it out above.

[Mokkeri]

At time when Spit got A and B letter all frontline Spits had CSP propeller. So tehy shoud be called
Spitfire I (DH 5-20)
Spitfire IA (Rotol)
Well anyway name is not so important, atleast we will get both types and that's good.