Spitfire II quirks, questions and anomalies

[JimmyBlonde]

Originally Posted by whoarmongar

I mostly fly the Mk1a online , and I have to admit im no expert

1 . Boost cut out, Its basically a "gate" that you open to activate extra boost available, as such its a once use option in the spit for some inexplicable reason you cant "close the gate after using it. Im sure in real life after being forced to overboost your engine afterwards you would "shut the gate" to avoid accidently overboosting your engine at some point later on.

I'm pretty sure that the boost gate was closed off by a thin piece of wire. The pilot would move the throttle through the wire and break it to use emergency boost which might explain why it can't be 'closed'.