What are the fastest and highest-climber piston aircraft(s) in the game (RB / SB)?

[Josephs_Piano]

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@Fins_FinsT

And like i said, no hybrids - A2D-1 is a hybrid, has those exhausts pushing it forward, so it’s a bit of a jet already.

thats not how turboprops work

the exhaust doesnt provide any propulsion because the air is moving too slow as the turbine is not increasing airflow but using it to provide power to the propellers

That is exactly how turboprops work!

the A2D-1 had about 180lb thrust from its exhaust. The Wyvern Armstrong Siddeley Python generated an impressive 1100lb exhaust thrust

The propellor never absorbs all the energy generated by an engine, so if the exhaust is designed properly (ie to not impede the exhaust flow) then that energy is in the exhaust gasses and contributes power.

Spitfire “ejector stacks” were designed to so so - eg see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2hZql6tD7c