kingfish Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Now I know its not the most necessary thing in this game, but for both my immersion and my curiosity, I have a question about the warm-up procedure. The manual says that once the engine is running, keep the cowling flaps closed and the engine at 1000-1200 RPM until oil temp reaches 40C, then slowly increase throttle to 1800 RPM until coolant temp reaches 60-70C. However, in my experience at 1100 RPM with cowling flaps closed, the coolant temperature reaches 60C at the same time or before the oil reaches 40C, which pretty much negates the need for the second step. Is this how it is supposed to be? Perhaps step 2 is only there for certain weather conditions where the coolant would take longer to warm up? I mostly fly the F-18, and mostly as a flight sim rather than a combat sim. Gigabyte Aorus Pro Wifi, Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1080, 16gb DDR4 3600, Valve Index TM Stick/Throttle, Saitek Pedals, VAICOM
fastfreddie Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 I believe the Dora pilot said they just got in a fired it up and took off but you may want to watch the video.
Aginor Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 IIRC in normal temperatures you don't need to warm up the Dora. But try winter, if they implemented it correctly a warmup might be necessary. Try -20°C or so. DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet
kingfish Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 Ok, that makes sense. Sounds like from that Dora pilot interview they didn't really pay much attention to warm up and just sorta went and flew. It does make sense that way though, because by the time you get to the runway in normal weather, the engine is up to temp, even with the cowling flaps open. I mostly fly the F-18, and mostly as a flight sim rather than a combat sim. Gigabyte Aorus Pro Wifi, Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1080, 16gb DDR4 3600, Valve Index TM Stick/Throttle, Saitek Pedals, VAICOM
fastfreddie Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 I'll have to check my FW books but if I remember correctly fuel was in such shortage that they didn't even taxi because they couldn't afford the 4 mins of fuel. They were towed to the runway or kept in forest very close to areas that they could take off from at that point in the war.
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