Mixture and and other engine management aspects...

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

I wonder ho you lucky I-16 owners are finding the engine management modeling ?

 

Is Mixture an important factor to control, as you climb? I believe this was the case IRL ?

 

What about engine temperatures and the cowling / oil radiator ? Is it important to manage it in order to keep the temps under control ?

 

Thank you for any feedback!

[grafspee]

I wonder ho you lucky I-16 owners are finding the engine management modeling ?

 

Is Mixture an important factor to control, as you climb? I believe this was the case IRL ?

 

What about engine temperatures and the cowling / oil radiator ? Is it important to manage it in order to keep the temps under control ?

 

Thank you for any feedback!

 

yes managing oil and engine cowlings matters and mixture i think is mainly for economic reason so you could prabobly run mixture ant max all the time if you want if you want to burn less fuel lean mixture

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

Ok grafspee,

 

Thx for the feedback!

[razo+r]

Adjusting mixture would be important at high altitudes, but since the I16 isn't going that high, you can probably disregard it.

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

Adjusting mixture would be important at high altitudes, but since the I16 isn't going that high, you can probably disregard it.

 

Yep, but it's always good practice I believe.

 

Thx for the feedback razo+r !

[grafspee]

Adjusting mixture would be important at high altitudes, but since the I16 isn't going that high, you can probably disregard it.

 

i climbed to 26k in i-16 but mixture leaver dont do much even at max engine run nicely

so i assume that mixture control is only for economic if you are high and boost is low you can lean mixture for fuel economy but before decending its good to set mixture max becouse lean mixture is more lethal to the engine

mixture to rich would couse black smoke and engine power drop and after a while spark plug fouling may accure and ignition problem start happeing and engine may stop working but in dcs i-16 run good even with mixture at max

Edited May 12, 2019 by grafspee

[fjacobsen]

At 26.000 m (14.000 ft) mixture should matter. If kept at full rich, engine performance should drop climbing to that altitude.

[grafspee]

At 26.000 m (14.000 ft).

What do you mean by that ??

26k ft = 7924m

BTW engine preformance will dorp regardles mixture laver position anyway :)

biggest issue will be fuel economy and spark plugs fouling

Edited May 12, 2019 by grafspee

[Sydy]

At 26.000 m (14.000 ft) mixture should matter. If kept at full rich, engine performance should drop climbing to that altitude.

 

You mean ˜4.200m (14.000ft)?

[Balzarog]

According to the I-16 specifications in “the other WWII Eastern Front” flight game (I flew it there last night to compare the two flight models), mixture is automatically controlled when the mixture is in normal. Those specs say that you can move the control out of normal to manually control the mixture (but why would want to other than to test it).

[Balzarog]

Adjusting mixture would be important at high altitudes, but since the I16 isn't going that high, you can probably disregard it.

 

Don’t know about that. According to the specifications for the I-16 in “the other WWII Eastern Front” flight game, the I-16 ceiling is more than 20k feet. Anyway, the mixture is supposed to be automatic when set to normal (all the way fwd).

[grafspee]

Don’t know about that. According to the specifications for the I-16 in “the other WWII Eastern Front” flight game, the I-16 ceiling is more than 20k feet. Anyway, the mixture is supposed to be automatic when set to normal (all the way fwd).

 

o that what i though something was not right with mixture lever it has automix position :)

it has automatic boost control too, preaty sophisticated plane

Edited May 14, 2019 by grafspee

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

o that what i though something was not right with mixture lever it has automix position :)

same as automatic boost control preaty sophisticated plane

 

A sophisticated "fly"... :-)

[LeCuvier]

Axis command for mixture

 

I created an axis command for the mixture lever and I can move the lever to any position I want. But if in fact there is automatic mixture control then that's pointless and I use the axis for Zoom..