Thrust vs. Prop Pitch

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by mcler002

i think we should now look at actual aircraft performance on the game...

a) what top speed have you got out of the me 109 e3 (for example)
b) what was the ata
c) what was the prop
d) what attitude where you flying

for example i managed to get up to 450/ 460 kph in the me 109 e3... with full throttle (so about 1.3 - 1.35 ata) and prop pitch down to around 10:00 - but the thing is, you need to remember that prop pitch needs to be monitored (like all other things in the aircraft) at most times... especially in combat! I was rather impressed 9or very lucky) to outrun a couple of aircraft on the Repka 3 server just now (before it crashed?)... so yes, any tips of improving the speed above 450 (besides diving), im all ears!

On Syndicate Dedicated last night I achieved 480 kph IAS on the deck over the Channel. I was running at 1.45 ata ("afterburner" in ingame jargon) and 2400 RPM. Rads were about 1/4 open and I had some holes in my control surfaces from British .303's

[CaptainDoggles]

Well I confess I wasn't looking too closely at the speedo, but it stayed in the 450-500 range for quite some time.

Rads closed really helps. 440 kph indicated seems a little slow to me, I hit 450ish no problem at 2000m or so without having to dive.

[TomcatViP]

Don' forget to close the oil rad too.

There is a shark tooth on the crtl gauge. I use it regularly as a mark for high perf regime - e.g. high speed/ high cruise / fast climb - or high alt setting (5K - to keep the oil warm) with no problem.

[FFCW_Urizen]

bf 109 e-3:
yesterday i reached 460 kph at an altitude of ~2500m, settings: 1.25ata, pp 9:00, oil rad 75%, waterrad around 80%. Oiltemp around 50°, watertemp around 70°.

Hurricane (Rotol):
throttle 70%, pp 50%, waterrads at full open, altitude roughly 2000f, my max speed were about 250-260mph. but i was slightly losing altitude.

So Long
Uri