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Originally Posted by Untamo
:O ... I didn't experience this overheating. I flew rad fully open, high and low. I just kept the boost under the little red triangle and rpm under 3000  .. I don't know if this is the "full power" you can use or can you go over the limit for so and so much time. But with those settings it flew forever without overheat and the plane was competitive against the 109s. |
The red triangle is around +4.5lbs if I recall correctly and it's just as eye candy in the sim. In the real Spitfire, it vas movable via small wheel on the side of the instrument and was usually set on max. continuous boost, which was different for Mk.I and Mk.II yet it's identical in the sim (= incorrect for the Mk.II actually)
You were not flying this bird at rated settings at all (read the thread linked above if you want, especially the part about inconsistencies with overheating) and if you say it was competitive at those cruise settings (what was your RPM exactly?) then you must be a very good pilot. I personally find fighting a well flown 109(s) tough even on full combat power. The guys posting in that particular thread are often long time Spitfire pilots (e.g. SEE or Dutch) and you can see what they're saying. IvanK reported that issue to dhe devs, there is definitely a serious overheating bug introduced in 1.08.
That you're not flying the RAF regulary is actually a good thing for you just used your common sense and found settings that worked for you. (Unlike Spitfire pilots who know what to expect and what settings to use because they're used to that friom day 1 - and now as it has been changed, perhaps it is more difficult to adapt for them), but then you are even worse off with your performance and it's gonna show when you meet any good 109 pilot trust me
