Radiator/cowling flaps

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Originally Posted by palidian

There are some planes that could go well beyond the 110% throttle setting.

Yes I have noticed that most planes seem to be slower then the official rated speed. The Russian planes seem to be exempt from this.

Since real planes don't have throttle in percent, i curious as to how you arrive at the statement above. Manifold pressure/boost/ATA and rpm and fuel are the relevant factors.

As to top speeds,

1) top speed is at a certain altitude,

2) its in TAS

Something that numerous people seem not to understand.

As to this idea that Russian planes are exempt, enjoy your conspiracy theory. For every 'red' plane thats uber, I can point to examples of a 'blue' plane thats uber, and vice versa.

Top speeds for planes is not an exact thing, depends on many factors, configuration of the plane, You can easily find several different 'top speeds' listed for example, the spit mk 1, all depends on which test you look at.