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Originally Posted by Seadog
I have to admit that I'm surprised that Crump expresses such faith in RAF and UK technological superiority, especially his belief that the RR Merlin could run at 12lb boost for 5 minutes with 87 octane fuel...  As much as Crump might wish for this to be modelled in CloD, I should like to agree with NZtyphoon that the Merlin III required 100 octane fuel when pulling greater than 7lb boost.
However, if one reads the memo carefully, Dowding is referring to running the engine beyond it's oil and coolant limits during climbs and to oil starvation during inverted flight, and running the engine beyond 5 minutes as the major culprits in causing engine damage. |
Too right, nor did Dowding waste his time by writing to
all frontline fighter pilots telling them to refrain from using boost override or exceeding boost limits for 87 octane fuel - why? - because he knew they were all using 100 Octane and was warning them against overuse of +12 lbs boost, as well as the other limits described by Seadog.