No joke: 248mph Hurricane dh5-20, 230mph Spit... what on earth is going on??

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Thanks Momod. I've done a lot of testing recently, and quite honestly I'm glad other people have 'taken up the baton' as it were!

This is as it should be, the 100oct should only have improved performance up to a certain altitude, which I forget at the mo.

The 100 Octane improves performance up to c. 10,000 feet, after which the boost drops off rapidly. The constant-speed props (de H and Rotol) provided the best overall improvements in T/O and landing distances, climb rate and ceiling.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

The constant-speed props (de H and Rotol)

Huh? Have you been on the tinnies old bean? The DH wasn't a constant speed unit......

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Huh? Have you been on the tinnies old bean? The DH wasn't a constant speed unit......

NZ was referring to Real Life, not CoD's interpretation, old chap!


http://spitfiresite.com/2010/06/batt...ropellers.html

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

NZ was referring to Real Life, not CoD's interpretation, old chap!


http://spitfiresite.com/2010/06/batt...ropellers.html

Ah, thanks mate. Easy to get confused, what?! As with MkI, MKIa, etc.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Ah, thanks mate. Easy to get confused, what?! As with MkI, MKIa, etc.

It gets a little confusing! A2A's Wings of Power Spitfire 1a has the 2-speed prop (with a hand control that looks like a bicycle pump! LOL) and the undercarriage is hand pumped up & down. To top it off, A2A asserts that the RAF pilots figured out how to create a variable speed effect by carefully manipulating this bicycle pump control in the middle of its travel, which A2A have modelled in. It's not Constant Speed, though, so it has to be carefully monitored since the engine rpms will wander up or down with maneuvering.

A2A's 2a is very similar to CoD's 2a, except it uses (correctly) a cartridge starter.

A2A "pro's"

Much more detailed cockpit - every switch, lever works
Engine performance considerably more powerful (similar to CoD's über Sissyfire 2a ver 1.05)
Engines harder to overheat (but they will)
Merlin engines sound like.....Merlin engines! (Not CoD's "Diesel Merlins")
Very detailed systems are modelled, including Oxygen
Maintenance on engine highly detailed

A2A "cons"

Gun button doesn't work!
Damage modelling largely confined to engine wear & abuse
Pilot figure uglier than CoD's pilot figure -- how can THAT be possible?

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Ah, thanks mate. Easy to get confused, what?! As with MkI, MKIa, etc.

No problem I should have calcifided...collaguated...er...clarified that point.