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