109 elevator trim

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

IIRC it turned out that the 109 was much better than the Spitfire at very high altitudes, which was a surprise to the RAF because they hadn't tested captured aircraft at high altitude because they didn't have oxygen bottles that fitted the aircraft.

Ah, makes sense. I thought though that Merlin performed better than DB higher up due to higher full throttle height and supercharger designs of bothe engines. I might be wrong but it seems that above 16.500 feet, the Spitfire was faster than the 109 even with 87 octan fuel and also climb performance was slightly better. It was later Spitfire marks and Friedrichs where I've read accounts of Germans being some 2000ft higher and RAF unable to climb any further but I was not aware of any advantage of the Emil over early Spitfire marks. If you could point me out to some sources that would be great!