Mosquito and Runway Takeoff, how?

[jackd]

Mosquito Takeoff:

1) Fiddling around with all the relevant settings i cannot get lift off properly, seems like the engine power is too low. Set mixture rich, water-cooler flaps open, flaps on ... and sometimes an engine starts smoking white - failure.  Also i cannot get runway speed above 185 km/h, seems not enough ...

2) Is there anyway to combine left and right engine assignments to the same button or axis on a Warthog throttle? I don't have that many switches on it ..

Edited September 10, 2023 by jackd

[peachmonkey]

1) make sure you run flaps at 15 degrees (look at the flaps dial), if you drop them all the way down it's way too much drag for take offs.

- engine RPM's should be at 3,000

- throttle 18lbs boost (max)

- make sure you aren't pushing on the 'brakes' lever on the stick. There is a single brake lever (no toe brakes), and it can send the braking power to individual wheel if you combine it with the rudder input (differential braking). Check the bindings, as always with WW2 birds the brake axis bindings need to be inverted.

2) yes, you can either assign joystick buttons, or by default it's number 8 on the keyboard (selects the left engine), 9 (selects the right engine), and 0 to select both engines. If you select both engines (via 0), then you can control both engines using a single throttle and single rpm axis.

[Slippa]

I have both left and right rpms bound to the grey slider on the Warthog. I have each engine throttle bound individually on the WH throttles.

I've been taking off with no flaps for a while but especially when heavy, you should be using at least 10-15 degrees as PeachMonkey says. The lever has to be started and stopped to get the degree you want and there's a lock but a bit of fiddling and you'll suss it.

Don't just punch the throttles up to 3,000. Bring them up together smoothly, should take a few seconds. Punching too rapidly seems to pop an engine at times but they do randomly fail now and then. Make sure you open the rads once the engines are running.

If you have the WH stick paddle bound to the brake it's helpful. Just for flicks if it needs straightening up while still slow. Once you get a bit of traction it's easier.

Enjoy.

[jackd]

Thanks guys, you give me hope and i must try all that ...

[peachmonkey]

Just now, jackd said:

Thanks guys, you give me hope and i must try all that ...

you will be victorious.

[jackd]

PS some times the keyboard button presses show up on my monitor, like Active Pause, or an autostart sequence, but things like radiator flap button presses won't. Is that something you can or must activate in some menu?

[jonsky7]

39 minutes ago, jackd said:

PS some times the keyboard button presses show up on my monitor, like Active Pause, or an autostart sequence, but things like radiator flap button presses won't. Is that something you can or must activate in some menu?

There isn't any notifications for most keyboard commands. Best you can do is turn the cockpit sounds up and reduce all other sounds a bit, adjust volume as desired. That way you'll be able to hear cockpit switches being activated on keypress. 

[jackd]

Good tip, but i am quite deaf, and also usually run sims without sound to 'save' what's left of my hearing abilities LoL

Also i use chase view a lot, as cockpit view, especially with planes like a Spit and FWs take up too much away from the nice landscape views.

I still have problems with runway lift off, it seems that take off speed is not getting above some 185 km/h whatever flaps, radiator or RPM setting i try. Main reason might be that there are so many other settings for engine-power to consider to get this DCS mosquito going. I get around with this Mosquito in IL2 much easier.

I got take off assistance set to 100 even. What does Throttle Detent do BTW?

Edited September 11, 2023 by jackd

[Art-J]

Do you use game flight mode? It's known to be somewhat bugged in Mosquito and to prevent picking up speed on takeoffs.

[jackd]

Yep, it's on, thanks for the tip ! BTW right now for some reason Auto start is always active, can't get rid of it with R-WIN + END.

But i have lift off, with gameflight off !!

Edited September 11, 2023 by jackd