Friday Update, February 10, 2012

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by Talisman

Hi Snapper,

I would like to thank BlackSix for his last reply regarding 100 Octane fuel. However, I do not fully understand all that he has said and am a little confused; I am a bit slow you know, LOL. From your post you appear to have understood him. Can you help me out here and let me know what your understanding is of what he said.

Happy landings,

Talisman

Hey, I've seen you fly.....you ain't so slow. LOL

Like most of us here, I appreciate the tough job BlackSix has here. His information he gives us can only be as good as the information he gets from Ilya. The lack of specifics drives some of us nuts, and regrettably that frustration comes through at times which is directed at BlackSix -- and it's not his fault.

By "public tests" I took it to mean that Ilya uses engine performance information from similar/same sources like the one I linked to earlier. For the Spitfire Ia and Hurricane Rotol that would mean 100 octane fuel -- that's what the BoB RAF fighters were using and that's what the tests were done on. I could be dead wrong here, but that's what I chose to understand.