16.06.2009, 04:41
No problem Faustnik. The power to weight ratio for the Bf109Fs-Gs compared to their trop versions were identical, since the trop filter and desert survival kit added a trivial amount of weight to the plane. Unlike the British trop modifications which changed the drag profile of the aircraft and hence it's performance, the trop versions of the 109 performed exactly the same as the non-trop variants.
Where there was a performance difference, was that many of the early production Gs had engine teathing problems at high manifold pressures (~1.42ATA), so they were required to run them at 1.3ATA (well below the maximum performance of the aircraft). This was rectified in later production runs of the G-2 (though the restrictions were still in place in 1943)
So really all that is different between the ingame G-2 and the new trop is the filter and the skin. The G-4 and G-4 trop are brand new, the G-6 trop features the older style antennae and the filter (which aren't present on the standard ingame G-6)
Where there was a performance difference, was that many of the early production Gs had engine teathing problems at high manifold pressures (~1.42ATA), so they were required to run them at 1.3ATA (well below the maximum performance of the aircraft). This was rectified in later production runs of the G-2 (though the restrictions were still in place in 1943)
So really all that is different between the ingame G-2 and the new trop is the filter and the skin. The G-4 and G-4 trop are brand new, the G-6 trop features the older style antennae and the filter (which aren't present on the standard ingame G-6)