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I haven't tried any BnZ tactics in the Anton yet. I've had a tango with a Mustang on the deck twice. Brought them into a scissors with me, and my first fight came at a tie, but my second had me snap-rolling into the water.
Feels like I lose engine power the slower I get. RPMs drop. I know it's trying to claw for more air, and pitches the blades more, resulting in slower RPM. But I wonder if I manually keep the blades from pitching too much at low speeds, I might be able to keep my speed better...
maby rpm drops becous high AOA not low speed
as i last fly a-8 it can with no probelm maintain max rpm at very low speeds
unless you are not flying at auto prop
oh key bindigns for prop manual/auto are swaped places
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oha ... may be this is a bug ...
i was wondering about this new behaviour ...
i thought i have used my reticle too long :music_whistling:
like the lights in the Mig-15 ... they will destroy if s.o. gives to much power to it :smartass:
maby tha seam case can we reduce reticle brightnes i nspit ??
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Is it suposed to be that oil pressure is very low at low rpm ??
basicly you have to keep 800rpm to keep it from falling pass minimum oil pressure
i though that DB's engines got only this oil pressure problem
but in DB605 you got this oil pressure problem only on hot engine inbmw801 looks like oil temp dont change much
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check this out thi is crazy :P
flames all over the place
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Actually, just in general, does the Spitfire climb harder than the Anton?
spit mkix can keep up with dora in climb
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yes slide slip was since i start playing DCS :P ofc some planes can do deeper side slip then others
if you set very strong cross wind for landing its getting fun to land tail dragger
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Can you explain what it does?
you can bind separate keys for gear up and down position
earlier it was only toggle behavior bind
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and i can bet that yo-yo is fully aware of this, but iirc he said something that supercomputer would be required to simulate this armor glass
at leas what they can do is just removing armor glass's bars but i dont know if they want it :P
especialy this bottom one this is geting in view hard
this armor glass is basicly moving pilot's eyes to the front edge of the glass its like having head where armor glass is so much bigger view range especialy view in down direction.
i got alwayes mixed thoughts when i want to hit plane it is gone from my view
and right now bottom bar is covering almost half of gun sight height :)
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Hi NineLine
sorry for the two bug thread
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Fw 190 A-8 Windscreen Bar
wrong sight through the Windscreen glass.
look this Video it show why the sight through the Windscreen glass is wrong:
thx I/JG27_ Nemesis for your experiment :)
dont try ED will say that changes are to small to bother about it
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i encountered sound bug missing.
when you start up anton with throttle at idle position and you slowly advance it there is a small spot when tarnsition between startup sound to idle sound it is missing sound.
you can set throttle at position when engien is working but there is no sound
exactly same as in dora so i assume that it was used exactly the same code for this
BTW if anyone iddnt fly d-9 after last patch d-9 got anton start up sound but i havent chacked bf109
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YES!!! I made it! Finaly! Gosh! And I was for sure sweating as much as a real A-8 pilot would have done the first time in a takeoff roll in this plane! But I made it of the ground, at the first atempt after pulling the stick back a bit... And (believe it or not) But I even got her safley back on the tarmac! Sweeeet!
Now, just another question. How about the swastika, is it some law/rule due to history that forbidds that symbol, I mean painting a "full" swastika on the tail, is that a crime? Just curios...
And again! THANKS! For Your kind help! Now I just have to practice even more! To get the BEST Anton pilot You will ever meet in the skies!
Best regards
Pelle
do you fly anyother ww2 plane from dcs,
i actuale have them all and i had abolutely no problem taking off in it
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this i messed up at my end too probably this is how should be for EA release
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BMW 801D-2 required ALWAYS C3 fuel, never run with B4!
BMW 801D was project, abandoned, for this engine running with B4 fuel, it never materialized.
There is nothing like better fuel for A-8, there is only C3 fuel, end.
ok got it, so they run at "quite hard to combine" fuel
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This doesnt add up with my sources. According to my sources boost system Erhöhte Notleistung became standard since July 1944 meaning planes leaving the factory after this date had the system installed.
C3 fuel had to be used exclusively for all Fw 190s with the BMW 801 D-2 engine.
The Erhöhte Notleistung later became directly integrated into the Kommandogerät of the BMW 801 TH and TS engines allowing to reach the increased manifold pressure by simply advancing the throttle forward.
For A-8 the boost system allowed to increase the mainfold pressure up to 1,58/1,65 ATA.
The 1,58 being for first stage of the compressor and 1,65 for the second.
Time limit for using this system was 10minutes.
For 1,42 ATA there was no time limit since the engine undergone modifications to whistand the higher pressures thus making the lower no problem.
Erhöhte Notleistung always had to use the extra fuel tank behind pilot with C3 fuel.
we alredy got discusion about it c3 injection allowed 1.65 at 1st speed low alt but 2nd gear was limited to 1.42
later c3 injection got kick out and engine was allowed to run 1.58 at 1st and 1.65 at 2nd probably was feeded with C3 fuel, and earlier versions with c3 injection were run on b4
at least this is how i think about it
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feeding engine with better fuel with no change in ATA or RPM wont make any difrence in top speed or climb
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Hello,
"At an altitude of approximately 3300 +/- 200 meters, the supercharger automatically switches
supercharger speed from low to high." is written in DCS A-8 manual, p.99.
I think it is not correct, according to available reports.
I have not found information where exactly has to supercharger switch from low to high.
So, my complain is only based on power charts in available reports.
When i fly with engine setting 2700R.P.M, supercharger is switched to high speed from low at approx. altitude 2850m.
And this is most likely correct, according to charts in reports.
Unfortunately, when i fly with lower engine setting, this altitude wil change and this seems to be incorrect.
With 2400RPM superchrager switches at altitude approximately 3750m.
With 2300RPM superchrager switches at altitude approximately 4100m.
All reports where is chart with plane performance (level speed or climb..) show that altitude where superchergers gears are switched is slightly below 3000m (for all engine settings).
I am not saying it has to occur at certain (and only) altitude, but difference between them is not several hundreds of meters.
I tried it several times.
When i dived, superchager switched back to low gear mostly at around critical altitude for actual power setting, it seems to be incorrect too.
But it required deeper look.
can you link that power charts ?
evry chart i have seen is for 1.32 or 1.42 ata
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i will tell it again ED should start from bf-109 E7 and spitfire mk1 and p-40 most ppl expect some progress when ED started from the best WW2 ( there are couple planes which would be upgrade to what we have now) untill we dont get good counterparts G-6/A-5 vs spit mkV.
righ now d-9 and k-4 too good for p-51 and spit mkIX with 67" boost limit and A8 very weak against those
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Yes it is placed on the plane RPM indicator.
Was talking about the break limit. I know it's 2800 for Bf 109 K4 but I don't know for the Fw 190 A8. ^^
for k4 its something close to 3000
2850 is rpm for mw 50 irc
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TF-51 has reduced mass (no armour, no WWII radio, no guns and ammo) thus 61/3000 never used in RL. At 55/3000 miss Velma starts like a rocket.
no fuselage tank
you can easly make 3 point take off in p-51
i use 61 for t/o in dcs goes like a rocket :P 45" till tail lift after this full power
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Hello !
As I explained in a previous post (was thinking I can post all in one :p )
When flying manual RPM, I can go to 3500 RPM with the engine not dying. I don't know the exact max value for RPM on Fw 190 but I'm sure it's less.
And for 3500 RPM I see tempurature increase but I don't see it going over 100°C.
(I was at 500 km/h at sea level on normandy. Maybe I fly enough fast to cool the engine).
But 3500 without engine problem is a problem.
Sorry no track to give here. But switch to manual and full RPM and you will see :pilotfly:
2700 is red line for this engine i think
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did ed fix this fuel tanks bug ??
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I was around 1.2 Ata at start (1500 m) and was moving RPM manually to stay à 2400 - 2500 (forget to tell that sorry).
I could see Ata going down when increasing altitude (going to about 1.1 or a bit less). Supercharger should give me back more ata when getting on. And it get on only when I move throttle again (3500 m).
So I think the supercharger work fine but it feels like there is an interaction with throttle to start it. I don't have the same feeling with Bf 109 and Fw 190 D9.
Edit : I can maybe make a short video later (maybe not today).
I'm at work :p
i dont know exact numbers but 2500rpm is quite high for 1.2 ata so when you rev engien high and set ata low you moving switching point for supercharger speed up
its happening automatic so when supercharger can maintain 1.2 ata it wont change its speed
when you add throttle than you can instantly triger auto supercharger speed by demanding more boost which is not avilable for 1st speed then you get instant switch
i think that throttle is linked with boost control unit if there is something like that dont know exactly how it is done in bmw 801.
but one thing is certain if at difrent rpm at difrent thottle position speed switch alt will change.
auto mode for supercharger speed is done that supercharger speed switch happen only when it give benefits. so if you fly 1.1ata at 1st speed and you switch supercharger to 2nd speed you will get 1.2 but it doesnt mean that you have more power becouse 2nd speed will waist a lot of engine power. so second gear should kick in when it will give benefits.
you can compare low and high blower power curves for v-1650-7 and you can see where switch will give benefits
you can see that low blower hit crit alt at around 2500ft but from high blower power curve its completly pointles to go for high speed 7000-8000ft is where you want low to high speed switch for mthis point you will get more power and probably same thing happening in your case
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Hello,
I think there is a little bug with supercharger.
I wanted to test the auto activation. But I can't see it activate from 1500 to 3500 m.
No track again sorry. But my test :
Starting at 1500 and don't touch throttle while increasing altitude.
At 3500 a stop trying and touch the throttle and at this exact moment the supercharger seems to turn on.
Then I fly with this beast and it seems that the supercharger get on at correct altitude (arround 2000 m) but only if I'm moving throttle. If I don't touch it, it don't seem to start.
Don't know if it's normal or if I make a mistake with it.
:pilotfly:
are you testing it at full power full throttle ??
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D-9 was simply upgrade from A-8 so when D-9 hit 600kph easy dont expec A-8 to be at the same range.
IRC fw190 A series were great before mkIX when they were fighting hurricanes and spits MKIVs.
Any way in real combat 1vs1 factor is negligible.
But to be honest fw190 A-8 ammong spitMKIX.p-51d isnt good fighter overal (or at least 1.56ATA)
We need something like bf-109 g14 this one would fit perfect
and we need fw190 F8 for ground ops
Obligatory A-8 Dog Fight Speculation Thread
in DCS: Fw 190 A-8 Anton
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i thin they changed something alredy becouse Dora's oil temp is not rising that fast as used to be after turning mw50 on and i maby wrong about it but spits's oil tem rising a little faster after cold star before this patch it take me some time to hit 40C on oil now it feels quickier.
but it could be my impression only