Mosquito Mk VI questions

[Scherf]

Yes, no, no, respectively.

I love you, man.

[Pyro]

The Mossie flight model was pretty much stripped down to the studs and redone.  It's now Merlin 25, +18 psi, no flame dampeners.  I think it's very close to Scherf's emergency speed curve, it follows the same data and logic. 

[Plazus]

  I think Im going to have to dedicate myself to the Mossie. 

[Karnak]

Thanks for the clarification, Pyro. 

[Karnak]

Here is Scherf's chart that I think Pyro is referring to:

All credit for the chart to Scherf.


Edit:

That Pyro referred to Scherf's data and logic makes me wonder if we won't see a slight boost to climb rate as well.

[SgtPappy]

Exams are done, Mosquito's almost updated...

It's a good day.

[bozon]

The Mossie flight model was pretty much stripped down to the studs and redone.  It's now Merlin 25, +18 psi, no flame dampeners.  I think it's very close to Scherf's emergency speed curve, it follows the same data and logic. 

Was there a crate of superb scotch delivered to HTC involved in this?
Is it time to start the party?
        

[Puck]

The Mossie flight model was pretty much stripped down to the studs and redone.  It's now Merlin 25, +18 psi, no flame dampeners.  I think it's very close to Scherf's emergency speed curve, it follows the same data and logic. 

Metal studs or wooden studs? 

[morfiend]

Metal studs or wooden studs? 

   

[SgtPappy]

Since Mosquito questions are being answered here, I would like to ask a few.

How are you pros out there going to deal with F4U-4's, La-7's and the likes? We all know twin-engine aircraft are bleeding bate for these LW piranhas.

Final question: What variants are these? They look like FB. VI's with 4-bladed props. Definitely single-impeller Merlins.

[SgtPappy]

Sorry - double post.

[Karnak]

Don't recall the mark number off hand, but I think it was TR.32 or TR.33.  Those are Sea Mosquitoes for carrier operations unless there was another four bladed, Merlin 25 Mossie that I haven't heard of.

As to the faster fighters, same as before, just with a little more E to work with.  They are hard fights, but I've won more than I've lost.  Generally I try to keep the fight fast where turns are G limited, not aircraft limited, and out fly the bad guy.  I've also been know to dive the Mossie (it accelerates faster in a dive than any single engined fighter I know of) and then pull hard into a blackout. Most enemy aircraft try to follow that, they want the easy, twin engined fighter bait, and do a better job of predicting where we'll each be when we come out of the hard turn.

Also, the current FM Mossie will out turn an La-7 if the Mossie is on fumes.  Carrying over 3,000lbs of fuel gives quite a wide range of turn performances for the enemy to be aware of.

[Karnak]

Adendum:  The four bladed props didn't change top end performance, they shortened the takeoff run, important for CV ops.

[SgtPappy]

It's a shame the Sea Mosquito wasn't needed too badly. Had the RN really had the opportunity to fight in the PTO as much as the USN, I think we would've been much impressed by the Sea Mossie and later Seafires.

In regards to the fighting styles against LW monsters, I see your point, Karnak. In terms of its turn performance, I forget that it's got slotted-flaps to help it out. The extra performance will undoubtedly help its turn rate too. I suppose a LW Mosquito NF.30 could be deadly too, if not much heavier (hint hint, HTC).

[jdbecks]

Don't recall the mark number off hand, but I think it was TR.32 or TR.33.  Those are Sea Mosquitoes for carrier operations unless there was another four bladed, Merlin 25 Mossie that I haven't heard of.

As to the faster fighters, same as before, just with a little more E to work with.  They are hard fights, but I've won more than I've lost.  Generally I try to keep the fight fast where turns are G limited, not aircraft limited, and out fly the bad guy.  I've also been know to dive the Mossie (it accelerates faster in a dive than any single engined fighter I know of) and then pull hard into a blackout. Most enemy aircraft try to follow that, they want the easy, twin engined fighter bait, and do a better job of predicting where we'll each be when we come out of the hard turn.

Also, the current FM Mossie will out turn an La-7 if the Mossie is on fumes.  Carrying over 3,000lbs of fuel gives quite a wide range of turn performances for the enemy to be aware of.

I agree, a well flown Mossie can be quite deadly and very capable to get kills in the right hands.