Pastypower69 Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 Can anyone put me out of misery please? I'm sure I'm doing something stupidly wrong but my P47 seems to randomly run of of power quite often causing me to crash land. Is there anything that you know of that could be causing this......apart from me being a lame pilot? Thanks in advance.
Sydy Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 Check the primer pump locked and fuel selector on a tank with fuel.
SmirkingGerbil Posted June 6, 2020 Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Sydy already hit a big one, but a few others can trip you up: 1.) Boost knob not tied to Throttle, or set too high while throttle is pulled back. 2.) Propeller speeds not in Green or Blue zones of RPM (too low), check your Propeller speed knob position, make sure you are in Auto and not switch based pitch increase or decrease. 3.) Mixture knob, make sure it is in Auto Rich, vs. Auto Lean or full on full forward position. 4.) Make sure your Intercooler and Oil cooler flaps are at least in Neutral and not closed, causing overheating - not sure if modeled yet, but something to check. Edited June 6, 2020 by SmirkingGerbil Pointy end hurt! Fire burn!! JTF-191 25th Draggins - Hawg Main. Black Shark 2, A10C, A10CII, F-16, F/A-18, F-86, Mig-15, Mig-19, Mig-21, P-51, F-15, Su-27, Su-33, Mig-29, FW-190 Dora, Anton, BF 109, Mossie, Normandy, Caucasus, NTTR, Persian Gulf, Channel, Syria, Marianas, WWII Assets, CA. (WWII backer picked aircraft ME-262, P-47D).
Pastypower69 Posted June 6, 2020 Author Posted June 6, 2020 Thank you for your help guys. It seems that a combination of decoupling the turbo lever/throttle lever and the extra 10% or so of propeller RPM gained by nudging it forwards (it looks fully forward but isn't completely) did the trick. I have also begun to utilise the "RPM increase" switch just after take off and switch it to "auto" once at 2000 feet.
Voyager Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 One thing I've noticed is if you overboost the engine, it appears to have a boost dump and will drop power to around 30" suddenly.
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