Supercharger / spotting AI

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Originally Posted by The Stalker

1) Firstly, what's the deal with the supercharger? When flying the F4U I can see a noticable amount of manifold pressure gained if I toggle to speed 2 immediately at ground level. If more MP = more engine power, are there any side effects in switching to speed 2 right from the start and not at recommended 2000m?

With water injection activated, 2000m is to high to switch stages, try 600m and 2000m may even be to high without water injection.

In Il-2 you can usually switch charger stages a few 100m early or late without significant disadvantages in power output, and it doesn't matter what stage you use -you will never ever get your engine damaged even if you use stage 3 at tree top level or stage 1 at 10km.