Spit/109 sea level speed comparisons in 1.08 beta patch

[Kurfürst]

Originally Posted by Holtzauge

I'm more inclined to believe the Rechlin reports on actual production aircraft

Pity we have not seen any.

Originally Posted by Holtzauge

My sole purpose with posting my chart was to provide an alternative analysis and in the end it's up to the readers what data they think is more credible

A home made chart of which's maker even refuses to share the base data vs. properly flight tested, calibrated, corrected and guaranteed flight test data.

It is going to be a tough call I bet.

[Holtzauge]

Originally Posted by Kurfürst

Pity we have not seen any.



A home made chart of which's maker even refuses to share the base data vs. properly flight tested, calibrated, corrected and guaranteed flight test data.

It is going to be a tough call I bet.

Yes, seeing the sniping is coming from someone with a documented history of always taking the inside envelope of any allied data and the outside envelope of any Me109 data I'm sure it will be a close call.

Over and out.

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Kurfürst

vs. properly flight tested, calibrated, corrected and guaranteed flight test data. (of a prototype)

It is going to be a tough call I bet.

yep, it is.

by the way, isn't it peaceful here at the moment, shame its going to end soon......

[Glider]

Does anyone know the differences between the V15 and production E-3. I assume that 20mm guns, armour plate, self sealing fuel tanks, bullet resistant glass, were not included. Did the Germans install additional equipment to the 109 similar to Spit 1's compared to the Spit prototype, such as different radios, IFF, emergency equipment, bulges to accomodate the 20mm. All these things presumably would have impacted the performance to some degree.

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by Kurfürst

Pity we have not seen any.

None from Kurfurst either, but we do have the power curves from the 109E handbook which give 470 km/h at sea level, which is far more realistic than the treasured 493 km/h.