Dogfight RPM?

[dresoccer4]

quick q: when approaching a dogfight what should you set your RPM? Full forward? Does it matter what altitude you're at?

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

Thx - I was about to ask the exact same - Prop and Thrust settngs...

[grafspee]

Set full rpm, this allow you to just not worry about over boosting because you have all available boost at those rpm.

Another thing, when fighting at high alt when throttle is maxed out by increasing rpm you will gain more boost, so with lower rpm your max ceiling going down.

Edited October 20, 2021 by grafspee

[P-51 Mustang Pilot]

Is there any altitude at which even slightly reducing RPM will help you achieve maximum forward speed? In a dive?

[Morat]

I think full rpm gives top speed in any part of the envelope as long as you have enough boost.

[rkk01]

Agree - full rpm…

tempting to turn the revs down and use throttle / boost, but very easy to over boost the engines in the heat of the moment

[Hiob]

+1 on all above.

War Emergency Power, I'd say. When bullets are whizzing around your head, you probably stop caring about the service life of your engines.

So, all in, but watch the temps. With a blown engine, you're a sitting duck.

[grafspee]

RPM full on, and work the throttle, being in combat does not mean that you have to be wide open all the time.