ViFF Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 Hi all, Question regarding the two power levers next to the collective of the captain's seat (position number 1). I understand each lever is for each engine, and there are 3 power settings. I would like to understand why on the highest power setting there is an automatic reduction relationship going on with the throttle grip when I raise the collective. Even more baffling is that when I lower back down the collective the throttle remains reduced, and I have to manually throttle up (no opposite relationship). This does not happen in the middle (default) power setting. The throttle remains at 100% throughout the travel of the collective. Here are my questions: 1. Can somebody please explain how and when I should be using the power levers? 2. When using the high power settings why is there a throttle reduction when raising the collective? does it have something to do with the torque / gear box limitations? if yes, where can I see this? 3. Still in the high power setting when I lower the collective back down why no opposite effect with the throttle? (not rising back up) 4. Should I be monitoring EGT when using the high power setting? is overheating engines in the damage model? can I expect an engine fire? Thanks in advance! IAF.ViFF http://www.preflight.us Israel's Combat Flight Sim Community Website
fjacobsen Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 They are called condition levers They should always be in the center position for normal flight and are only used for ground testing or certain engine failures. FinnJ | i7-10700K 3.8-5.1Ghz | 64GB RAM | RTX 4070 12GB | 1x1TB M.2. NVMe SSD | 1x2TB M.2. NVMe SSD | 2x2TB SATA SSD | 1x2TB HDD 7200 RPM | Win10 Home 64bit | Meta Quest 3 |
AlphaOneSix Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 All three of those things (collective, condition levers, and throttle) are physically connected to a single rod on the engine. The N1 rod. The N1 rod has physical stops where it connects to the fuel control on the engine. You can't have all three all the way "up", there is not that much travel in the N1 rod. Something has to give, and it's the throttle. In reality, the throttle would not come down (counter-clockwise) unless you let it come down...but you would have to pick one...either stop raising the collective, or let the throttle come down. The condition lever is locked in a detent and can't move on it's own. In-game, it let's you continue to raise the collective, so the throttle comes down. Something has to give because the N1 rod can't move any higher. So when you lower the collective, you just come off the stop, and then you can roll the throttle back up. It's not spring loaded (in fact it's usually got friction on it to keep it from turning on it's own without a bit of force) so the throttle can't move on it's own as you come back down, the only reason it moved on the way up is because you're hitting the stop and *something* has to move. But as mentioned above, for all normal phases of flight, the condition levers should be in the middle detent.
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