PYRO - which Spit IX is it in AH ?

[fd ski]

( if you could clarify that for WB we well it would be cool )

There were 3 very different types of Spit IX produced: F, HF, LF. 3 different engines - and very different when it coms to speed and climbrates.

Please clarify which one is modeled in AH ?
( and in WB ?   )

Thank you.



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Bartlomiej Rajewski
S/L fd-ski Sq. 303 (Polish) "Kosciuszko" RAF
   www.raf303.org  

[hblair]

Oh NO! Not another techie spitster thread.   Don't we get enough of those threads over on AGW?

Anyways, its the model that I wreak havoc on in my 109g

Don't bite pyro!  

[fd ski]

Don't be a jacka__  
If AH had Me109G and nothing afterwards - you would be asking the same stupid questions.

It's a valid question and deserves an answer.



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Bartlomiej Rajewski
S/L fd-ski Sq. 303 (Polish) "Kosciuszko" RAF
   www.raf303.org  

[hblair]

Nevermind  

[This message has been edited by hblair (edited 12-18-1999).]

[Pyro]

The AH Spit is a F.IX with a Merlin 61.  

Don't ask me questions about other games.



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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations

"The side with the fanciest uniforms loses."

[jmccaul]

"spit IX F with merlin 61"

How would performance differ from :

IX LF (clipped wings ?) with merlin 66
and
IX HF with merlin 70

Also was this a later/earlier spit than the LF or HF

Just curious  

 

[fd ski]

Check this out for differences for spitfires here:
http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/eagles/spittest.html[.url]F is the worst version of all ;( Pyro - thank you. I'll take it as F versioin for WB as well  [img]http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif[/img] Also, if i remember correctly - F was the least produced of Spit 9's and it never came in 0.5MG configuration... Can we have HF or LF  ?  [img]http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif[/img] To run those 190's on the deck  [img]http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif[/img] ------------------[img]http://www.raf303.org/banner.gif[/img]Bartlomiej RajewskiS/L [b]fd-ski[/b] Sq. 303 (Polish) [i]"Kosciuszko"[/i] RAF   [url=http://www.raf303.org]www.raf303.org  

[leonid]

fd ski:
From The Great Book of World War II Airplanes: "Most of the 5,600 Spitfire IXs were built as LF.IXs, their supercharger gearing optimised for best performance below 6,000 feet (1,830m); less than a quarter had the medium-altitude-rated Merlin, and a tenth of the IXs built were HF models with engines rated at 22,500ft (6,850m) in top gear."

The least produced IX was the HF.IX.


From Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1945/6 Edition, it is stated that the F, LF and HF models of the IX "May be fitted with 'E' armament".

It would seem that Pyro's choice of F.IX wasn't all that unwarranted.

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[fd ski]

leonid - that's why i wrote that i'm not sure if i remember right...
F was teh worst preformer of them all - that' s my main point  
LF was optimized to fight 190's at all alts. It was rather fast on the deck  
HF was made to fight 109's up high - and were actually far faster then 109's up high  

Look up that link - good stuff there.
( i know i posted it wrong last time ;( )

                          http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/eagles/spittest.html

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Bartlomiej Rajewski
S/L fd-ski Sq. 303 (Polish) "Kosciuszko" RAF
   www.raf303.org  

[-lynx-]

It's probably unwarranted and all that but IMHO Jane's "All (?) of the World Aircraft 1945" is the worst reference of all - I got one for Xmas a few years back and the section on Soviet Airforce is just abysmal  . I think Switzerland lists more plane types than Russia. And the info on what's listed is err... incomplete if one choses a polite expression to describe it.

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-lynx-
13 Sqn RAF

[leonid]

I know what you mean, lynx.  What they have on the Lavochkin fighters is probably third-person, five times removed.  Of course, when one thinks back on the political climate of the day it ...

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