Inaccurate performance data for BOB fighters in COD comparing to RL data

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Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

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2)Rolls-Royce were already building Merlins that could run on 100 octane fuel in 1938.

It's an exposition for the Paris airshow. RR put on show the must advanced items they had with war in perspective - e.g look at my bad looking Merlin that will eat your sausage's 109.

The mot ridiculous at this game were arguabily the french with their twin engined single cranckshaft 2000hp marvel that history has shown how irealistic this formula was (the very 1st french act of sabotage of the German war machine ?)

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...0-%203453.html RM 2M "The normal output at 7,870ft. is 1,265 h.p. and the maximum at
9,500ft., 1,285 h.p. with 1,320 h.p. available for take-off....The maximum potential output of the Merlin II is 1,800 h.p..."

they also explain the line just bellow that Maximum means maximum theoritical power !!!

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

3) Not forgetting either that on August 7 1937 Rolls Royce had a "more-or-less standard Merlin II, running at 18 pounds boost on a special mixture of straight-run gasoline, benzol and methanol with a dash of tetraethyl lead, achieved an output of 1,536 hp at 2,850 rpm over a four minute run." (this was used for the Speed Spitfire). Price The Spitfire Story 2010 p. 107. Ergo the engine was already strong enough to take the extra power.

It's a record breaker plane ! No reception flight, training, long formation flight etc... You can't draw a comparaison... C'mon tell me you are jocking !

You are also citing the 1300+HP nbr when the line bellow teh journalist explicitely said that "a fully supercharged" merlins does 1030hp. This in line with what I hve alrdy pointed out (from RR doc sources) that your hve repeateadly mixed SHP (power on the shaft without supercharger plugged) and BHP.

I don't know really on what base we can discuss anymore you and me.

@Bounder :

I made an abstract of the article last week. Pls (re)read it there : http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=457