Spurts Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) In a ME mission, Marianas map, air start, I can open the engine page as soon as I load and see various time of OT time on the engine. This greatly impacts my ability to perform landings. Attached is a log of one such load and a video of several reboots of the mission showing the issue (38s, 34s, 10s, 20s) I have seen over 100s of OT time on mission start even. Even with 1300lb fuel, no water, and a gun pod (ME weight says 17500, VREST page says 18500) and Dry VTO F=W of ~2500# yet 111% needed to hover. Full power let me climb 700ft in a minute and then the engine died. Edit* pre 3/10 patch https://youtu.be/kbHJ16zA7Z8 OT.trk Edited March 10, 2023 by Spurts
lukeXIII Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Engine life count, max JPT and OT time are randomly generated at mission start and have no effect on engine performance. IMO RAZBAM should change max JPT and OT time to start at zero so we've got a better idea of what we're doing to the engine. Can you upload a vid of your VTOL issue?
Spurts Posted March 13, 2023 Author Posted March 13, 2023 About 17:50. Engine page gave 86s OT time when I started. Re watching I exceed RPM limit then JPT goes up then I start plummeting. Is VTO margin that small that I can climb only 1,000ft when at low weight?
AlphaJuliet Posted March 19, 2023 Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) Depends of weight, OAT and pressure. What were your parameters ? Edited March 19, 2023 by AlphaJuliet
Spurts Posted March 20, 2023 Author Posted March 20, 2023 Updated DCS (haven't played since MT patch) to check the ME.... 29.92 20C (coldest temp allowed in Marianas in March apparently) and 17,500lb. Needed 111% to Hover and that SHOULD be about 22,000lb thrust at 15C.
Recommended Posts