Grahamh1701d

Should I have posted this in the Bugs section? Can it be moved?

Hi all, I apologise in advance if this has been addressed elsewhere. When moving off from a standstill in the K-4 it seems I need to apply quite a lot of throttle before it moves off, (approx. between 1500 and 2000rpm) so consequently if I don't immediately back off the throttle the aeroplane accelerates at an alarming rate. It is as if the brakes are stuck on until you can over come it with lots of power. As soon as the aeroplane starts to move it will happily taxi a long at less than 1000rpm. If you compare the behaviour to the Mustang it is very different, the Mustang will start to move as soon as you increase the throttle. The Dora seems to be affected by this phenomenon aswell but to a lesser degree. Considering the challenging nature of taxiing the K-4 anyway this effect does not help matters. Can anyone confirm this or is it a known problem? Thanks. Regards Graham

Excellent. It is good to know that is something that is being thought about to be added at another time.

I have just done a cold start from ramp mission with the ambient temperature at -30 degrees. The engine will start no problem at complete idle and the coolant temperature is up to nominal within a minute. I am sure this cannot be right. The engine should be very reluctant to run at idle at this temperature when it is stone cold and the coolant should take a while to warm. I can only assume from this that the ambient temperature has no effect on the engine from a cold start situation.

I suppose the point I am trying to get at is whether difficult starting and rough, uneven and even cutting out at idle or very close to idle throttle position is modelled in the simulation in cold weather as would be the case in real life. The same way a car engine with a carburettor will not start in the cold weather without an enrichment device (choke) and fast idle until the engine has ran for a minute or two to warm through a little.

So the throttle should be set to a start position on the throttle quadrant which when the engine starts should be at 1000rpm and that is the warm up speed and will not run smoothly below that until warmed through a little? In DCS at the moment the 109 will start from stone cold in the fully idle position at lower than the lowest point on the rev counter at about 400rpm maybe less.

Hi, I am just wondering about the idle speed of the DB605 engine especially when cold. Is it correct that the engine will start from stone cold with the throttle at idle? Surely it would cut out or refuse to start? The tickover speed also seems very low? I believe the P-51 and FW190, (possibly less so on the FW190 because of its more sophisticated engine control unit), have the same issue. I know the Accusim P-51 has cold starts modelled correctly it won't run at idle properly until warmed through. I am just wondering if this is correct or not and will it be fixed if not? I don't want to start a debate on which sim is better. Thank you. Regards Graham

Ok. Thanks everyone. Happy flying to you all.

Hi everyone, My first post. I have recently bought several modules for DCS. Including the F86 Sabre. In some of the promotional videos and the Eagle Dynamics start up video the hull/fuselage of the aircraft has a really shiny mirror effect on it. However in game when I am looking at the F86 from the outside it doesn't seem to have this effect, have I missed something in options or is this part of the Edge rendering engine that is not released yet? If anyone can answer this it would be much appreciated. Thanks. Regards Graham