Low temp start / combustion heater

[Jafferson]

I created a misson with -50℃ and could not start the engines due to the low temperature. So i turned on the combustion heater but aint saw any change on the hyd temp and the engine was not abel to spoll up.

I tryed to spoll up the HUEY with -50℃ no problem, but the MI-8 fail.

So i guess there is a BUG...

[Askerov24]

IIRC you can't start engines at temperatures below -30℃. You need ground cart to heat them up. And what do you mean by saying combustion heater? You mean KO-50? It can't heat up engines, it's used for heating up cargo cabin and cockpit.

[msalama]

Yup, what Askerov said. You'll need a hot air blower cart in order to start the engines if the OAT is that low + the KO-50 can't be used for warming up the engines at all since it's an interior kerosene heater. So no bug ;)

 

EDIT: Couldn't find RL specs for the TV3-117VM just now, but I'm certain -50°C is below the minimum regardless. What says our resident SME AlphaOneSix?

Edited October 30, 2017 by msalama

[AlphaOneSix]

Depends on what source you’re using. But -50C is too cold to start the engines.

[Askerov24]

So, here, I've found some photos of the heating up process )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty cool, I wish we could see this feature in DCS :)

[gospadin]

-50C is for hot cocoa and bourbon, not flying

[Vitormouraa]

Imagine the air density with those temps :D

[Art-J]

One could reverse OP's question then and ask if -50C startup of DCS Huey is a feature or a bug (don't ask me, I don't own the module).

[Jafferson]

Ok, thank you... that explains everything

The Huey is missing EGT at all... so its not the MI-8