I always thought the “max” speed on the stat card was the compression or rip speed
No it’s meant to be the highest speed achievable in level flight.
Nah. You can reach it in level flight. Theoretically.
Ahh ok
Key word there
So, at around 4000m and 490 IAS German and Italian G2s both achieve 1500hp. This means there’s no difference in ram air effectiveness. Their weight is apparently the same, so I’d assume so is speed.
This means this time it’s not pay2win, but false advertising.
Does it make gaijin any better?
Nope :D
Max speed is attained at the listed altitude, with MEC because anything not set to MEC will make the engine management be doing extra bits and messing with it depending on what throttle you are set at.
The air is thinner at the altitude listed compared to where you’re trying this.
Looks like everyone else did the tests I intended to do already and we got conclusions.
The only thing I will add to the thread is that the stat cards should only be used to get a quick, general overview of what a plane is capable of. A lot of times it’s blatantly wrong and you need to do your own trials. Example: Ki-27 climb rate listed on statcard is 12.8 m/s, actual is 27 m/s.
He was testing the engine power rather than top speed.
Despite what the X-ray states, the Bf 109 G-2/trop actually has slightly less horsepower, which is the main reason it has worse performance compared to normal G-2s.
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I mean, my assumption may have been wrong and filter is constructed in a way that doesn’t affect the ram air effectiveness.
This may have been the case, so I’ll orobably perform the topspeed test anyway.
Are all test flight maps same conditions?