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

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Pulling the tit and overboosting the engine is not proof of the use of 100 Octane fuel.

Wrong - there are two engine tests, one on 87 Octane and one on 100 which both ran up to 10.5 lbs boost - there was no boost override used which, as Beaumont observed, required special fuel - ie: 100 Octane - to achieve. Later Merlin engines, such as the 45 series, were capable of boost override of +18 lbs but needed, and were designed to use, 100 Octane to do so. Later still +25 lbs boost could only be achieved using 150 Octane.