Over-revving the FW 190 D9 1945

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Jumoschwanz

How lucky we are to have actual WWII vets here to tell us how it was back in the day!

Anyway I just dove the 45' D9 from 5000 meters at full throttle with MW50 on and hit 870km/hr. I leveled out above the ground and held a speed above 800km/hr for quite a distance. Once it slowed down to 800km/hr I pulled back on the stick as hard as I could to see what would happened and that did not present any problems either except for a bit of a blackout. The plane made a few noises but no parts actually came off.

Now of course I fly only the official version of IL2, so I can not comment on how any of the various hacks/mods various people and their wet dreams have dumped onto the community......

I've done it a couple of times and then not again for ages... How many times did you try? I also only fly stock.

BTW: You've attributed that quote to me which is incorrect.

[Jumoschwanz]

I thought of why you guys are blowing up the engines on your German aircraft.

The answer is in one of the old readme files that came with one of the old patches.

I tested my theory again, diving the 45' d9 to 870, 880 and 890km/hr from 5k and then leveling out above the ground. If I get bored tomorrow I will shoot for 900 and above and see if the airframe holds together.

Of course I have all the old patches and readme files saved, lets see who can dig through theirs and find the answer first.
This is just off the top of my head now, an old IL2 Luftwaffe Ace, but if I get time I will take a look and note the specific readme that talks about this......

Happy hunting!