Spit/109 sea level speed comparisons in 1.08 beta patch

[Kurfürst]

Besides the fact that both of these papers show 109s with the 990 PS DB 601A and not 1045 PS 601Aa....

And, despite the weaker engine operating at an unknown power, the first test (476 kph) still just satisfies the guaranteed specs of Messerschmitt (500 kph +/- 5%, that is: anything between 475 and 525 kph is O.K.).

[NZtyphoon]

In other words the Germans took it for granted that there was a possible variation of 50 km/h in guaranteed speed at sea level, which is no form of guarantee at all when life or death in air-to-air combat could rest on very small margins of speed. It also means the top speed of a 109E at FTH could vary by an even wider speed range - anywhere between 532 km/h (330 mph) to 582 km/h (361 mph).