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Old 05-13-2012, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Kurfürst View Post
This graph suggest (see boost falling) that +12 fell back to +9 within about 2500 feet. This would also suggest that using the boost cutout was quite useless above that altitude, since it gave you the same performance as not using it at all.
This graph shows that 12lbs boost would be available below about 15k feet, 2.5k feet below the full throttle altitude of 9lbs boost. That's how it works with outside pressure. And that's what being made possible with the abc cut out, see 41Sqn_Banks link.