Warthunder HB 1.33.41 CR test Bf109 G-6 (250km/h IAS, 110%, 30min fuel, MA)

As always, the test is done with reference aircraft with no additional gun pods to find it's true strength.

The Bf109 G-6 has only 3 choices of fuel to select from, when you start the game. Please note that the actual fuel you start your battle with might vary from Test Flight.

In test flight, the G-6 starts with more fuel than advertised.

1. 20min - the plane starts with 20:28
2. 30min - 31:28
3. 46min - 49:10

It's definitely worth to take 30min of fuel, as the plane still climb well and you might gain an advantage over Spitfire Mk IXs in terms of range. (Many Spitfire Mk IX pilots will use only 20min to increase their climb speed and while they use WEP, their fuel will drain a lot). 

One note about Bf109 G-6's cannon MK108 - it's a low muzzle velocity cannon, low rpg also makes vulnerable against exploits. The worst part - it's rate of fire. It fires just too quick and with 12rnds/s, you will deplete your main gun after only 5.4s of consecutive fire. 

Don't shoot over 300m, unless you are really desperate.

Always use cannon and HMG separately. 

Now back to the test. 

Chart 01: Climb rate

As you can see, the Bf109 G-6 climbs extremely well.

At 5000m, the Bf109 starts to loose it's 22-23m/s climb rate.

At 6000m, the performance drops under 20m/s

At 7000m, the performance drops under 15m/s

Exact data (automatically generated): 25553 ft climbed in 405.44s, average: 19.21 m/s

The measurement started at 139m above sea at 250km/h IAS. The climb was smooth without extreme drops in performance.
The test ended at 26008ft @ 250km/h IAS with 23:25 fuel to spare.

Chart 02: Time to altitude

Table 01: Time to altitude

Warthunder HB 1.33.41 CR test Fw190 D-12 (320km/h IAS, WEP, 30min fuel, MA)

Ok , this is my first post on this new blog that I will dedicate to my testing planes in Warthunder. 

The test started with Reference aircraft and 30min fuel. Fw190 D-12 has 4 choices of fuel (actual fuel might vary in the real battle):

1. 20min - In Test Flight, the plane starts with 18:36 of fuel
2. 30min - 28:12
3. 45min - 42:52
4. 59min - 56:24

Since the Fw190 D-12 isn't the fastest climber under the sky, you will definitely want to get at least 30min of fuel. This will allow you to gain an edge against "fast" Spitfires Mk IX, which will usually carry only 20min of fuel, since they want to decide the battle ASAP. Other US planes on the other hand carry at least 30min of fuel as well, so it's dependant on pilot.

The D-12 is one of the hardest planes to play, since the performance drastically drops when you get under 300km/h IAS and you will never want to climb under 300km/h IAS.

Chart 01: Climb rate

In my example, the Fw190 D-12 started climbing at the rate of 23.5m/s.
At 2000m, the climbrate started to fall under 20m/s.
At 3500m, the D-12 gained new power and its climbrate improved.
At 6000m, the climbrate gradually dropped under 15m/s.

Exact data (automatically generated): 20538 ft climbed in 341.08s, average: 18.35 m/s

Now let's look at the Time to altitude:

The test started at 138m with 322km/h IAS. I could climb at about 15° in the start, but it naturally decreased with increasing altitude. 

 Chart 02: Time to altitude

Table 01: Time to altitude