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Yes, I concur One of my friend assumed, that, may be, the notch on Merlin 21, 23 and 25 is located on the same physical spot. But due to Merlin 25 power increase, the notch, consequently, corresponds to more power... Also, he mentioned, that due to engine changes and ongoing trials, the manuals had to be rewritten and chaos ensued. The main question here, is was underlies the DCS developers decision to make Mosquito the way it is.

That's very helpful Thanks

null"Forces over 3G are very difficult to impose" Yea, right...

Hey! Even more confusion! HEere is a tactical trials First past with Merlin 23, apparently, then a little bit with Merlin 25 So now, the +14 and 2850 comes as a "Combat Mode"! null

There are screenshots in one of my posts above nullnull

But here they specify Safety speeds for +9 and +18 But they never mention +14 anywhere For earlier engines +14 is the max, so why make a notch for max power anyway?null Haha, but "My" manual says +9? Is my manual a wrong one? It says Merlin 25

And yet, they call it a " climb gate" And we know that climb power is +9lb...

Its a mystery to me My speculation, is that it should be at +9 My arguments: The manuals I've found specify +9 as climbing power They call this "Throttle stop" as a climbing power They recommend keeping power at the notch for climb at 2850RPM, that eliminates +14 or even +12lb due to an engine limitation of +9 and 2850RPM max for 1 hour Takeoff at +9 and 3000rpm is very practical, because takeoff is much smoother and all you need to do after is reduce the RPM and you are in a climb configuration. Its the same philosophy as Spitfire, where you takeoff at +7 or +12 3000RPM and only need to reduce RPM afterwards for Cruise or climb engine power. Less control manipulation, better SA Makes sense to me But there are evidence for +12 at the notch in the same manual Here they say "Takeoff at climb power at the notch" and give takeoff safety speeds for either +12 or +18? And that makes me very confused null

Ok But in DCS we get about +14 boost How can that be explained? And what is the purpose of that stop it its +12? Its not a climb power Its now a takeoff power Its no max power What is it for? I am not trolling, I just tries to understand the practical reasons behind all this.

Any reference for that? Manuals include Merlin 25 if you read carefully Also, what is a commons sense for that? Climb power is +9 and 2850 Max power is +18 3000 What is a name for +14 3000? or +14 and 2850? Manual says that max for 2850 is +9...

Also this one https://zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/Mosquito/MosquitoFB6Manual.pdf Page 21 Same +9lb boost at the stops

Friend gave me that manual, cant find it online quickly Here are some screenshots from it: https://app.gemoo.com/share/image-annotation/562805392285552640?codeId=Pa6RjgJ7G3QeN I missed it somehow, but it specifically mentions "Throttle stops" to be +9 lb bost...

Hi When throttles are set to the detent, at sea level, you get about +14lb boost 1945 manual states that you should take off and climb at that detent and 2850 RPM At the same time, the max climb boost is +9 lb 1950 manual states that you should climb at +9lb and 2850 RPM boost specifically What am I missing here? Is detent position correct? should it be for +9 at sea level, or is +14LB is a climb power? Also, for merlin 21 and 23 it mentions +14lb boost as a max takeoff with boost cut-out pulled... Does anyone knows whats is going on with this detent? Thank you

Thanks for the insight Something does feel wrong May be the control feedback is to blame indeed... Like Spitfire, where even at flatter speed controls are light enough to exceed 10G easily While on BF109 its almost impossible to over G due to stick forces...

Hi I could not find, in any manuals, a G load limitation for this Mosquito model But is says Fighter-bomber Here is a track, where I did a few 5-6G pulls with 50% fuel and no bombs or rockets. One manual from 1950 specifies that at weights below 19000 pounds there are no limitations on aerobatics Most of my pulls were about 5.5G, maximum and one of about 6.3G according to LCTRL+Y Stripe Eventually, at about 4.9G the wing came off. Mosquito has no accelerometer, and even at 320MPH IAS its easy to reach 5G It doesn't make sense to me. How are you supposed to use this plane as a fighter, if even a 5G maneuvering is enough to , eventually, reach structural failure. Any time you engage in any kind of prolonged air combat, you almost guarantied to lose a wing... Even if you do a overhead attack on an enemy bomber, or dive bomb... Its so easy to exceed 5G on Mosquito in DCS, that any combat manuevering will, eventually, lead to a structural failure... And its almost impossible to control your G factor due to no instruments available. And if 4-4.5G is the max, then the maneuvering safety speed would be below 300MPH IAS, which questions the fighter designation for this Mosquito model... I tried different fuel management tactics For example emptied the outer wing tanks and the fuselage ones. But is seems to make no difference I tried 10% fuel - same results. I tried maneuvering at below 5G, and even then, after some time, the wing came off Is this normal or a bug? Here is a track: Mosquito over G test.trk