Thread: Bf 109F - improved air intake design?
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Old 11th March 2011, 16:32
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Bf 109F - improved air intake design?
One of the reasons that the Bf 109F had better high-altitude performance than the Bf 109E was that its redesigned cowling included an air intake that increased the ram recovery ratio ( the percentage of possible air that makes it into the supercharger intake) from the 37.5 percent of the Bf 109E-3.

Does anyone know a source for the increased ram recovery ratio for the Bf 109F?

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David Isby
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