Recent content by Gatt

Dont forget the roll rate at high speeds. Togehter with higher speed, these allow the 190A to dictate the dogfight. No decent 190A pilot would engage a Zeke co-E and co-alt. He would probably B&Z the japanese fighter from a higher state of E or attract him in a high speed shallow dive, then...

Well, my english must be rusty as well .... what I mean is that ALL the A74 engined fighters could get 2.520rpm. However boost pressure could not be pushed above 790mm Hg. This was valid for continuous climb and high speed level flight. 2520rpm at 890mm Hg of boost pressure (the so called...

Vincenzo, the limitation of 2.520 and 890mm Hg was valid for the G.50 as well. Actually, for all the fighters with the A74. You could fly at 2.500rpm but not exceeding the 790mm Hg boost limit and for a limited time. From the G.50 flight operating instructions:

Here are some pages from the english version of the Re.2000 flight and manteinance manual:

Aircraft are seldom or never tested at their max engine settings. They usually are tested at their continous allowed engine setting. For the A74 it is 2.400rpm at 790mm Hg.

Nope, the A74 mounted on the C.200 had no limitation. Max allowed settinges were the same, i.e. 2520rpm at 890mm Hg. Later I'll post the Re.2000 manual pages about performances.

Well, generally speaking, the Fiat A74 RC38 was used with a boost pressure of about 790mm Hg (about 1.1ata and 2.400rpm). However, the pilot could use the +100 option for a short time pushing the boost at 890mm Hg (about 1,2ata and 2.520rpm). According to the C.200 manual the +100 was allowed...

To better judge what kind of data the official manuals have, here is the performance page from the C.200 official manual (Series I-V from Breda, 1940). As you can see climb data figures are the same from the above post, which are the average of two tests. I find it quite interesting.

"Motorino d'avviamento" means engine starter. Regards, Federico

This is from a february 1940 Guidonia official C.200 test. As you can see they took the average figures from two tests: BTW, as usual, you have to check carefully for take-off weights and boost pressures before judging these figures.

Hello Vincenzo, do you have a scan of the Guidonia trials document? Regards, Federico

Ok, here is a comparative study of the performance of different versions of the G.50. Figures are from official Flight and Manteinance Manuals. G.50 1a Serie: G.50 2a Serie: and G.50 Bis

Hi HoHun, I dont play AcesHigh 2 anymore. So, instead of shooting down bombers and Spitfire dweebs with my Macchi C.205, I have been searching for italian aircraft documents ;) Jokes apart, actually I'm helping the guys of Targetware's "Target Tobruk" mod providing them stuff to build those...

Hello HoHun and Vincenzo, I'll be back home on tuesday. I'll try to post some hard data about the G.50, the C.200 and the Re2000. I mean data from official tests and/or performance data from the flight manuals. Gatt

Mic, here something you probably were lookin for. Regards, Gatt