rkk01 Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 Rather chuffed - flying down the Channel when the starboard Merlin packed up.. Managed to fly back to Manston and land Debriefing indicated erroneous ignition timing - pilot error??
No1sonuk Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 Doubt it was something you did. Is there a "random faults" thing in options you have ticked
Charly_Owl Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 Welcome to the club! 5 Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon
DartzIRL Posted October 9, 2021 Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) If you can feather the prop or the [prop stops spinning, it's straightforward. She'll fly on one engine smoothly. It gets interesting when the prop-feathering doesn't work and you've this massive drag anchor off one side of the plane and you're running the other engine at 110% to keep it flying. And even then it's basically a slow crash.... Erroneous ignition timing might be too much boost for too little RPM, or leaning the engine out at high boost --- but I've seen it on a Dora with automatic control where I managed to run it at exactly the RPM it wasn't supposed to be run at. Edited October 9, 2021 by DartzIRL
rkk01 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Posted October 9, 2021 The landing in the OP was unfeathered, as have been many subsequent one engined landings… Not sure if it’s me, but if you don’t catch it while it still rotating the hub won’t feather once the engine has seized
DartzIRL Posted October 9, 2021 Posted October 9, 2021 If she's spinning she's an anchor. If it's seized it's a pig but not as bad as a rotating engine that's absorbing masses of energy rather than a stationary element Not diminishing. It's still a challenge.
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