I simply can't resist it Krusty. YOU KNOW exactly. But should engines fail as part of a system so that some pilots will have a reason, a damn good reason if its a long climb, to leave their favourite ride in the hanger and try something more reliable when their 109 pops a hole in number one cylinder because of a thoughtless control parameter. I say maybe...a strong maybe and certainly not a definite no. I would not say no at this point.
And the reason why I posted to this thread again. MOSQUITO's did not fail. Or should I say Canadian Made (Packard Merlins) (USA built Merlins) did not fail. Pilots crossed the Atlantic ocean in them. And this was how long after Amelia Earhart tried to nonstop in her Electra..when was it, at the start of the German invasions perhaps?
I would prefer to pilot a Canadian Mosquito that never fails, at 400mph than flogging a 109 up to 20000ft only to have a valve blow out when I got there.
So, you want two things:
1. You want everyone to fly certain planes, most likely Mosquitos based on your spooging all over their reliability and benefits, and to limit the diversity.
2. You want everyone who chooses not to fly a Mosquito to be punished.
Also, I am fairly certain that 109 engines, especially those used in the early war years, were maintained and produced with similar quality control and had the same reliability as the Merlins. The only difference was that the later German engines were built under deteriorating conditions as the war moved closer and closer to the home front. Thus, the "You want everyone who chooses not to fly a Mosquito to be punished" point.
Ack-Ack was right.
