algherghezghez Posted February 15, 2024 Posted February 15, 2024 Can anyone explain me this engine failure? Cruise setting 2400 RPM and +2 boost, oil pressure normal and temps normal as well Then I got a sudden yaw and the oil temperature quickly rised (the increased Boost and RPM was becaused at first I suspected spark fouling) Until complete engine failure a few seconds later I also attach here the track file spitfire engine fail at cruise settings.trk 1
Skewgear Posted February 16, 2024 Posted February 16, 2024 I can't download the track from where I am at the moment so these questions may be obvious. Single player or multiplayer? How had you been flying before the failure? Gentle takeoff and climb to cruise? Full power scramble and dogfight? What height were you at? DCS WWII player. I run the mission design team behind 4YA WWII, the most popular DCS World War 2 server. https://www.ProjectOverlord.co.uk - for 4YA WW2 mission stats, mission information, historical research blogs and more.
algherghezghez Posted February 16, 2024 Author Posted February 16, 2024 49 minutes ago, Skewgear said: I can't download the track from where I am at the moment so these questions may be obvious. Single player or multiplayer? How had you been flying before the failure? Gentle takeoff and climb to cruise? Full power scramble and dogfight? What height were you at? Single player (Beware! Beware! sortie 14) I flew 20 minutes at ground level in cruise setting, normal take off and normal temps
PawlaczGMD Posted August 2, 2024 Posted August 2, 2024 (edited) On 2/16/2024 at 3:05 AM, Skewgear said: I can't download the track from where I am at the moment so these questions may be obvious. Single player or multiplayer? How had you been flying before the failure? Gentle takeoff and climb to cruise? Full power scramble and dogfight? What height were you at? I had the same issue in the same campaign, maybe even the same mission. I had it 2 missions in a row too. I'm coming back over England from a mission to France, cruising at a chill setting like 2750/+4 or+5, and suddenly engine oil temp maxes out and engine seizes. Temps were fine for a long time before, this must have been 10+ minutes after combat. Same symptoms as OP. Height maybe 3-5k ft. I've never had this type of engine failure before. I flew it mostly by the book, climb at 2900/+12, combat at 3000 and however much boost I need. Climb out was a long time before the failure. like 20+ mins before It only happened in these campaign missions, which I suspect might have something to do with the climb or long total duration. Still, I think I was doing it right. And the engine dies much later at a very casual cruise setting. This never happened to me in MP despite running the engine much harder in combat, but also I wasn't climbing to 20-30k ft. Track: https://file.io/JwO0Up0ZyQHq In debrief, the failure was called "Engine Degraded". In practice it was an almost immediate total seize. Edited August 2, 2024 by PawlaczGMD 2
Cool-Hand Posted August 7, 2024 Posted August 7, 2024 (edited) Sounds awfully similar to the p47 and Dora engine degraded bam outta nowhere the engine dies while cruising around. Edited August 7, 2024 by Cool-Hand [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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