This made me laugh a bit. Hope it is one of those "lost in translation" kind of things.

Don't mean to toot my own horn, but I already reported this about a week ago..


NuggetX even did a quite funny "Top-Gun"-poster (complete with Oleg-portrait) based on the "afterburner"-screenshot ...


But at least that function works as advertised in the 109 - even though it didn't have a WEP-"button" in RL AFAIK. Seems that some RAF-planes run at increased boost @100% joystick-throttle. I think I may have ruined quite a few Merlins that way...



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On a side note, that screenshot also demonstrates very well some of the LOD issues I've heard about.

I'm surprised it's a square on the ground. I'd have expected a circle.

IIRC, they had a bit of safety wire that marked the boundary between full and "military full" throttle; break the wire and it told the mechanic to swap the engine and tear it down in the shop.

I seem to remember that as well, Dart. Since we don't have that wire on our sticks/throttles (at least I don't have it it would be nice if there'd be a way to insure that the engine will only run on max-safe power with your stick's throttle set to 100%. I mean: Isn't that what the WEP-keys are for? They even inlcuded two of those in the options, but the only planes I found them to work on so far are the 109 and the Ju88. (Backspace - "Afterburner").

The other one ("W") only seems to bring the throttle up to max-setting when I push it with stick-throttle at anything less than 100%.






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for the Spits, Hurris and Blenheim you first have to enable the "emergency boost cut out" (different command than the WEP in the 109 and 87) , after that you are able to get a 110% throttle.
Shown if you have enabled the % numbers in the Infowindow.

Butn , at least before the friday patch, only the Spitfire II and Blenheim (not sure wit the last...) you get more manifold pressure on your gauge with 110%. in the others there seems no benefit.

I missed Sacha's post about this. Oh well.

Yeah! Go stand in the corner you insensitive person!



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