FW 190 D9 & BF 109 K4

[MiloMorai]

Yes academic but don't want to perpetrate erroneous statements like '1600 K-4s using 1.98ata'.

 

Anyways, Dora should have MW50 as the majority was using MW50.

[LukeFF]

3 minutes ago, MiloMorai said:

Yes academic but don't want to perpetrate erroneous statements like '1600 K-4s using 1.98ata'.

 

Fair enough.

 

3 minutes ago, MiloMorai said:

Anyways, Dora should have MW50 as the majority was using MW50.

 

Yes, for sure. My guess is it will be an optional mod, but we'll see.

[novicebutdeadly]

On 11/23/2018 at 9:33 AM, LukeFF said:

 

Fair enough.

 

 

Yes, for sure. My guess is it will be an optional mod, but we'll see.

Is the figure of 1900 HP refer to a 213A with MW50? 

And not to stir any hornets nest, but were any D9's fitted with the 213E?

I'm excited either way :-)

[Wulfen]

On 11/20/2018 at 2:59 PM, II./JG77_Manu* said:

 At high speed and initial turn yes, but not in a sustained turn.

Exactly, the P-38 was a boom and zoom, high speed hit and return fighter against the Japs in the pacific. It was found to have a whopping range running on a lean mixture, after this was suggested by Charles Lindberg. Lindberg on a visit to a squadron in the pacific "unofficially" shot down a enemy fighter in a P-38 and believed the engines could operate on a lot leaner mix. The squadron`s pilots were not convinced and thought him mad. Nevertheless they did some field testing with Lindberg himself flying I think, as the pilots believed it to be suicidal. They stripped down the engines afterwards, finding no signs of wear. As a result the range was more than doubled to I think was in the region of 1300 miles. Shortly after that they ran bombing sorties over that range deep into Japanese territory.

Edited November 24, 2018 by Wulfen

[Bremspropeller]

5 hours ago, novicebutdeadly said:

Is the figure of 1900 HP refer to a 213A with MW50? 

 

No, that would be around 2100HP.

The 1900HP is for the stopgap overboost-solution of fall of 1944.

 

5 hours ago, novicebutdeadly said:

And not to stir any hornets nest, but were any D9's fitted with the 213E?

 

You'll only stir up a hornet's nets when mentioning some magical key-words (like 25lbs and 1.98 ata) that attracks the attention-horse...

 

No operational Doras were ever fitted with the 213E at all. No place to fit the intercooler. They only flew the 213F (same engine without the intercooler).

The 213EB (with intercooler) was projectred for the later Doras, though.

That engine would have put the airplane on par with all the other late-late-post-war clowncars.

 

5 hours ago, novicebutdeadly said:

I'm excited either way :-) 

 

So am I :-)