new DCS user...or bug?

[FlyingTaco21]

I have been messing around with DCS for a bit, after building my first PC in a long while. I have no joy stick yet etc, but have managed to get the p-51 variants and the frogfoot in the air etc. I purchased the p-47 because it seemed an intermediate departure  that would introduce me to more features and such without getting overwhelmed with MFD etc. I was working my way through the  start up lesson and the hydraulic pressure needed to open the cowl flaps was not there... so i used the pump. when operated, this led to the guage needle jumping up into the green and then dropping to zero. 

When I say jump, what i mean is that the needle appeared in the green seemingly having skipped  the left half of the gauge.  

I might be doing something wrong though. I was going through the lesson... so I don't think I did anything that would have bled the system. 

 

To operate the hand pump i've use left and right mouse to raise and lower the handle. it seems that many controls have predefined stations and that hovering over the control and click left or right mouse cycles through them in different directions.   I did one cycle of this, i raised the handled and looked at the gauge... no change except for that jumping needle when raising the handle. No retained pressure that I can tell. 

[FlyingTaco21]

when I went back into it, I managed to get into green, by holding left mouse, but when trying to open the cowl flaps there was no change in pressure and they did not open, but attempting to close them immediate bled it to zero... also without change because presumably they were already closed 

 

[grafspee]

Cowl flaps should be open at the start of the mission.

Last time i checked manual hydro pump do not work as it should be imho.

Edited December 25, 2020 by grafspee

[FlyingTaco21]

Hmm... I saw no change either way. It worked in the familiarization training mission. Not so much after that.. but maybe that's because the pressure was being provided by the engine 

[Art-J]

If you've got the wing flaps handle in the retract/up position, they bleed the hydro pressure immediately, which, combined with wonky animation of the pressure gauge, causes what you see.

Don't worry and don't be bothered. You can start the plane without operating the hand pump. You'll fiddle with cowl flaps later once the engine's running (and charging the hydro system).

[rayrayblues]

After takeoff and before you reach 250mph, you must close the cowling flaps or you'll break your rudder.

While closed, keep an eye on the head temp. If it rises up to 300, just barely crack them open, but not all the way until the temp drops.

When the flaps are open, they cause turbulence that can break the rudder.

On the plunger, hold left click to close, hold right click to open.

Edited December 28, 2020 by rayrayblues