gulredrel Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 Hello, new to the warbirds here. Bought the A8 couple pf days ago and noticed that the oxygen valve has to be rotated clockwise to open oxygen flow. In the 109 (okay, there it'S only a click, but the valve rotates by itself) or even MiG-15 such rotating valves work the other way round. So opening with counter clockwise and closing clockwise. Is this wrong animation or is it really the other way round? I'm on stable build 2.5.5. Thanks Jens
grafspee Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Fw 190 is different designer, Could be that oxygen valve works other way., could be a bug as well. I will check if in D-9 works same way, when i get back from work :) Edited April 22, 2020 by grafspee System specs: I7 14700KF, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite, 64GB DDR4 3600MHz, Gigabyte RTX 4090,Win 11, 48" OLED LG TV + 42" LG LED monitor
grafspee Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 Both Anton and Dora oxygen valves opens clock wise System specs: I7 14700KF, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite, 64GB DDR4 3600MHz, Gigabyte RTX 4090,Win 11, 48" OLED LG TV + 42" LG LED monitor
gulredrel Posted April 23, 2020 Author Posted April 23, 2020 okay, thanks... found this picture of a real valve. https://vintageeagle.com/product/luftwaffe-wwii-oxygen-valve/ Inscription on the valve handle reads "Auf" (open) and "Zu" (close) with arrows, where zu (closed) is pointing clockwise and open counter clockwise. So A8 and D9 are maybe wrong?
grafspee Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Hard to tell. I bet that, there were many types of valves in germany in that time. System specs: I7 14700KF, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite, 64GB DDR4 3600MHz, Gigabyte RTX 4090,Win 11, 48" OLED LG TV + 42" LG LED monitor
MrExplosion Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Hard to tell. I bet that, there were many types of valves in germany in that time. Clockwise is close - always. Especially in German aircraft and especially in one designed to be user friendly and unlabeled :) Kein Anderer als ein Jäger spürt, Den Kampf und Sieg so konzentriert. Das macht uns glücklich, stolz und froh, Der Jägerei ein Horrido!
xvii-Dietrich Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Clockwise is close - always. Not always. In the space industry, left-hand thread (counter-clockwise to close) is used on oxygen lines and right-handed thread is used on all other lines (fuel, oil, supply, water, etc.). This is to avoid inadvertent cross-use of components which can have catastrophic failure. This protocol is also used in other applications, e.g. the oxygen lines in oxygen-acetylene welding equipment. However, medical oxygen is right-hand thread. So it depends. I do not know about the oxygen valve in the FW aircraft, but given that we are talking oxygen here, I would urge caution before assuming a particular sense. That said, I think the photographs provided by @gulredrel are pretty convincing.
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