Speed graphs for Spitfire and Hurricane

[Buchon]

Originally Posted by pstyle

some modelling of the 100 octane would be ideal, especially given it's almost ubiquitous use from April/ May 1940 onwards in the RAF.

It´s coming :



So yeah, that´s lower octane.

[GraveyardJimmy]

Originally Posted by Buchon

It´s coming :



So yeah, that´s lower octane.

The thing is, surely they could just make two version of the spit and hurri flight model. Rather than model the effect of different grade fuel on the engine, have a spit 1a- 100 and a spit1a- 87 with different characteristics at different altitudes. If they can change aircraft individually (as they have for the new patch) then hopefully it is possible.

Or is it perhaps because it is tied into boost it might be that the change is not plane specific but (game) engine-wide?

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by GraveyardJimmy

The thing is, surely they could just make two version of the spit and hurri flight model. Rather than model the effect of different grade fuel on the engine, have a spit 1a- 100 and a spit1a- 87 with different characteristics at different altitudes. If they can change aircraft individually (as they have for the new patch) then hopefully it is possible.

Actually it should be really easy. Simply disable the "boost control cut-out"-button on the 87 octane models.

[Kurfürst]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Banks

Actually it should be really easy. Simply disable the "boost control cut-out"-button on the 87 octane models.

I am not sure if its workable. In all Il-2s, WEP and non-WEP performance were rather strangely related and not quite close to real world equivalents in my experience... dont get me wrong, I like the idea, just not sure if its compatible with how the Il-2 engine handles these things.

[Buchon]

Originally Posted by GraveyardJimmy

The thing is, surely they could just make two version of the spit and hurri flight model. Rather than model the effect of different grade fuel on the engine, have a spit 1a- 100 and a spit1a- 87 with different characteristics at different altitudes. If they can change aircraft individually (as they have for the new patch) then hopefully it is possible.

Or is it perhaps because it is tied into boost it might be that the change is not plane specific but (game) engine-wide?

A 100 octanes version could be a fix but guess that they plan to model a more complex FM that includes a better behavior of octane changes.

I think that is a matter of resources, is not a secret that they are writing a upgrade version of the FM with better high altitude behavior and features like propellers turbulence, along with better aerodynamics.

So now, the FM code is opened and the FM coder is immerse in change thousands of lines of code to add Boost behavior and all that.