"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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With 100, take off MP is reduced to 45 inches from the normal 61 as it
is. If they bring back 80 again, we'll probably have to drop the damn
things from a mother ship and start them in a dive!!
:-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Dudley Henriques

My understanding is that 100 octane was the best available at the
beginning of WWII, and due to capacity limitations on the high test
stuff,
100 octane was the standard fuel for most of the bomber force in Europe
during the war, while the fighters got the higher octane stuff. In
this
area, the allies had a huge advantage over the Axis, which relied on
lower
octane brews.

Bottom line, Merlins run fine on 100LL, but can generate much more power
on 130 octane. Fortunately, the extra power isn't as necessary today,
because Mustangs are flown at much lower weights today than they were
during the war.

KB

Yes, I know. :-)

So, what gives Dudley? You only carrying half an ammo load?