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I've been wondering from 3 years now.. hope ED will found the culprit..

Is it 'normal' behavior? I know that Dora has engine driven fuel pumps and an additional booster pump for each tank.

I noticed that your engine seized during a loop maneuver.. this is also what I reported a few times. It seems that there's a fuel pressure issue.. if you pause the video @0:28 then play it, you'll notice that the fuel pressure drops, the engine dies and then the fuel pressure rises again..

Not really.. Oxygen does not burn.. If there's a fire going on then it will burn more quickly, but that's not an explosion.

It's not more robust than other planes, on the contrary.. Try shooting down the P47 or the P51.. using 13mm.

One shot one kill with the 30mm cannon is quite realistic. Right now, the 30mm efficacy is again turned down, so no more one shot one kill.. which is a shame. The K-4 purpose was to hunt for the bombers not to dogfight. It can still be used as a dogfighter due to its good power to weight ratio, but that's all about it, as it turns like a brick, even at low speeds because of the stick forces. On the other hand, the Spit IX has some augmented features here in the game, such as the turning capability and the very good energy retention. If you engage the K-4 from a higher energy state you won't have any problems in getting the kill. Up until the new DM was released, the story with the K-4 was like this.. Allied pilots would fire at it from more than 1000m away, with the following consequences: the K-4 pilot would get killed from a single hit or the plane was starting shaking like hell (imagine here the FFB stick going wild). A lot of people stopped flying the K-4 because of these things. Currently, with the new DM, flying the K-4 is a bit less frustrating than before. Of course we need a G model, or even an F model will do, as disabling the MW-50 to achieve game balance in multiplayer is.. unrealistically lame, but that depends only on ED..

Don't forget that 'convergence' plays a significant role here..

That's FALSE. 13 is MUCH weaker than the 30mm. Besides, the 30 mm is still underpowered..

Fair enough.. I'm paranoid, but what's wrong with the Dora? We're not ALL paranoid.. are we? Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Yeah, it looks very random which it might actually be.. something hard coded by a malevolent programmer, call me crazy but I've seen that before.. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

I would blame it on fuel starvation.. it's more frequent when you dogfight or do aerobatics, combined with emptying the rear tank. This is what I personally noticed in the last couple of years or more. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

No.. not really.. and 109 is shooting 30mm grenades not .50 cal or 12mm. You can check the stats for LFDM server and you quickly notice how many rounds allied planes can take vs axis planes.. a LOT more. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

You may have a point here.. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Another issue is when the engine loses power and quits during take off if rpms are bellow 3000. Engine is correctly warmed up though, no rapid throttle movements, and yet it quits. :( Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Doesn't look like.. :( Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Check Wags videos on how to start up, taxi, take off and land.. on youtube. You'll notice how it is warmed up and at what rpm settings he's taking off. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

FALSE! Dora must be warmed up well before taking off, both coolant and oil. You can take off with any rpm setting as long as it accelerates to take off speeds160-170 kph. What you're saying will probably avoid the current bug, but that's not how it should work though. Dora is borked right now. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

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According to Yo-Yo the engine should run @3200rpm without MW-50 (max 1.54ATA?) in Continuous mode and @3250rpm with MW-50 (1.98ATA), it should run for 10 minutes followed by a cooldown.. L.E. correction.. 3250rpm with MW-50 and max 1.54ATA Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

I confirm this behaviour.. I stopped flying the Dora because of this. It's just sad that this beauty doesn't get any love from ED anymore.. :( Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Ironically, I might say, they were taken by the Red Army after the war, together with the factories.. just sad.. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Do you have any real life data about the K-4 regarding this subject matter? Don't throw random charts, that won't prove anything.

I do believe that the data used are incomplete and/or inaccurate, with all due respect, and not only me. Have you ever read pilots testimonials about the K-4 and the 109 in general? The 109 best turning speed is ~450km/h IAS, it's just silly how we have to trim the nose up and down like crazy because the normal stick controls are useless. Never ever seen or heard about that behaviour we see in DCS. Without REAL life data is just pointless to calculate by extrapolating using that method. And why there are no data? Well we all know well why.. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk

Here it is: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3367023&postcount=3 These data used are for the G-6 that was probably captured by the Russians and EXTRAPOLATED (estimated) to be used on the K-4. The main problem with polynomial extrapolation is that for order of magnitude higher than 1 it can yield errors or unusable data (Runge's phenomenon), which in our case translates in: 1. @280km/h IAS it takes 5 seconds to move the stick from neutral to full forward => do you find this correctly calculated? 2. @350km/h IAS it takes 7 seconds to move the stick from neutral to full aft, bear in mind that the airspeed drops to ~200km/h in a horizontal turn => do you find this correctly calculated? It is just nonsense that we need to always HEAVILY trim the plane when pulling the stick. The trimming is used in level flight when the CoG is changing due, for example, to flaps deploying, and definitely NOT when turning the plane at constant speeds, as we must do in DCS. And last, but not least, the bearings in K-4 were changed, as opposed to the G-6, also, the trim tabs surfaces were increased which made the trimming itself more efficient and, of course, less needed. Unless there are REAL LIFE data and not just extrapolations and estimates we have to listen to the pilots who flew the plane and I've never heard that it was THAT hard to pull the stick at speeds below 500km/h IAS, on the contrary. The current behavior is NOT compatible with real pilots testimonies.

I don't know what data Yo-Yo used to make the Bf controls act like that.. maybe you can show us.. Sent from my Redmi 5 using Tapatalk