Friday Update, February 10, 2012

[Kurfürst]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

even the spitfireperformance.com says BF109E should do around 560 max at level

http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spit1vrs109e.html

IAS and TAS almost the same at sea level.

@Kurfurst - I will test the Emils top level speed tonight and will post results here.....I doubt its only 470 kmh

I measured 460-470 near SL - as noted, it should be 500..

I did not test top speed (ie. at 5000m, where it should reach 570 kph TAS) because its impossible to test high altitude speed with reasonable accuracy. COD only shows IAS speed even in cocpit off mode, and the TAS/IAS conversion creates a too large margin of error to get accurate enough results, to draw any valid conclusions IMHO.