Author Topic: Fridays setup: Britain/France 1941 (Read 1651 times)

Squire · « **Reply #30 on:** August 20, 2004, 02:39:32 PM »

Osprey's book "Spitfire Mk V Aces" by Alfred Price has an appendice on page 87, listing both the Merlin 45 and Merlin 46 as being 16 lb boost engines.

"Spitfire VB W3134 tested May 1941
RR Merlin 45 EMERGENCY COMBAT POWER (WEP in Aces High)1515 bhp at 11,000 ft at +16 lbs boost
Max speed 371 mph
This was a first production Spitfire V with combat gear"

"Spitfire VA (tropicalised) X4922 tested early 1942
RR Merlin 46 EMERGENCY COMBAT POWER (WEP in Aces High)1415 bhp at 14,000 ft at +16 lbs boost
Max speed 363 mph"

Im paraphrasing of course.

Way overboosted? according to who?

VWE · « **Reply #31 on:** August 20, 2004, 02:54:02 PM »

I'll be the lone C202 carving up the spitts and huuricanes... Bring it on!!!

Grits · « **Reply #32 on:** August 20, 2004, 03:20:10 PM »

I'm sure you will see Oldman and I in the 202, its one of the Offical Gunfighters squadron rides.

VWE · « **Reply #33 on:** August 20, 2004, 03:40:16 PM »

Oh really... so your going to show all of us your augering technique in this plane too? I'll circle over head and write down some pointers...

Oldman731 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 20, 2004, 03:57:09 PM »

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Originally posted by VWE
Oh really... so your going to show all of us your augering technique in this plane too? I'll circle over head and write down some pointers...

We are adept at demonstrating this most difficult of aerial maneuvers.

- oldman

Grits · « **Reply #35 on:** August 20, 2004, 04:12:39 PM »

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Originally posted by Oldman731
We are adept at demonstrating this most difficult of aerial maneuvers.

- oldman

Thats one of the reasons the squad is so small, its very hard to meet our standards of auger technique, in both level of difficulty and style.

VWE · « **Reply #36 on:** August 20, 2004, 04:23:30 PM »

Well as long as you stay low to the ground you might catch some over zelous spit driver droppin in from low orbit and over speeding into a flaming auger themselves.

Grits · « **Reply #37 on:** August 20, 2004, 04:38:50 PM »

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Originally posted by VWE
Well as long as you stay low to the ground you might catch some over zelous spit driver droppin in from low orbit and over speeding into a flaming auger themselves.

Thats the first move a prospective Gunfighter must learn. Veterans like Oldman and I have that move down so well we can do it subconsiously and make it look like it was a total accident. Sometimes just to rub it in we might even fake confusion by saying "Huh? what happened?".

Crumpp · « **Reply #38 on:** August 20, 2004, 05:54:20 PM »

I have never had a problem with the Bf-109F4 vs Spit V. It's a good match up.

Now this would be a GREAT week if the FW-190A5 was to make it's way into the arena....

Crumpp

detch01 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 20, 2004, 05:59:32 PM »

Well, if this is going to be a 2-week setup and there are going to be aircraft inserted into the setup, I'd like to see the Fw190A-5 about 1/2 way through (next Wednesday/Friday-ish) and have the SpitIX & Bf109G-2 introduced 3 days later. Just my $0.02
BTW I'm looking forward to this setup, it should be a great one.

Cheers,

storch · « **Reply #40 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:05:43 PM »

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Originally posted by detch01
Well, if this is going to be a 2-week setup and there are going to be aircraft inserted into the setup, I'd like to see the Fw190A-5 about 1/2 way through (next Wednesday/Friday-ish) and have the SpitIX & Bf109G-2 introduced 3 days later. Just my $0.02
BTW I'm looking forward to this setup, it should be a great one.

Cheers,

I was going to offer up the very same suggestion.

Oldman731 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:30:19 PM »

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Originally posted by storch
I was going to offer up the very same suggestion.

Not a bad idea. Let's see if the spit5 turns out to be uber enough that it needs some sort of antidote.

- oldman

Karnak · « **Reply #42 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:31:35 PM »

If done that way the Spit IX and Bf109G-2 should be added before the Fw190A-5. They're both 1942 aircraft and the Fw190A-5 is a 1943 aircraft.

detch01 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:53:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
If done that way the Spit IX and Bf109G-2 should be added before the Fw190A-5. They're both 1942 aircraft and the Fw190A-5 is a 1943 aircraft.

Very true, but the performance difference between the Fw-190A-2 and A-3 and the A-5 is fairly minimal IIRC. And, the LW introduced to A2 and A3 at about the same time in response to the Spit V. It would be better if we had the early Fw's available though.

Cheers,

Squire · « **Reply #44 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:11:05 PM »

"Not a bad idea. Let's see if the spit5 turns out to be uber enough that it needs some sort of antidote"

Like we haven't seen this matchup 3 dozen times already. Whats the big mystery? Btw Im not complaining, its a good setup, tried and true. I wouldn't mind seeing an early 1942 setup where the LW got the Fw190 as well, we should have that in the rotation from time to time too. Differences between the A-5 and the earlier models are not so pronounced it matters that much.