corsair engine seizing after a few minutes of flying no matter what settings I use.

[450Devil]

I follow the SOP from the F4U-1D Pilot Notes (AN 01-45HA-1) and have had no issues with cooking an engine during landing.

[DrDetroit]

Just a heads up; I've had my engine seize as well, while flying one of my self made training missions, usually happens shortly after takeoff.  No rhyme or reason to it, everything is set correctly, it happened every time, but only on this one mission.  No issues with other missions.  So I went into the editor, deleted the player AC and place a new one down and the issue went away and haven't encountered it since.

 

Good luck!

DrDetroit

 

 

Edited September 25 by DrDetroit

[Hiob]

7 hours ago, DrDetroit said:

Just a heads up; I've had my engine seize as well, while flying one of my self made training missions, usually happens shortly after takeoff.  No rhyme or reason to it, everything is set correctly, it happened every time, but only on this one mission.  No issues with other missions.  So I went into the editor, deleted the player AC and place a new one down and the issue went away and haven't encountered it since.

 

Good luck!

DrDetroit

 

 

Do you have a backup of the original mission before the change. May be worth to give it to the devs for examination.

[Sparc]

I’m doing the field landing and carrier landing training and in both I follow directions to the “T” and the engine quits. Every time. The only gauge I see that’s abnormal is the oil (pressure I think) gauge. When the engine quits the needle is all the way down in the red. How can I fix this?

[razo+r]

1 hour ago, Sparc said:

I’m doing the field landing and carrier landing training and in both I follow directions to the “T” and the engine quits. Every time. The only gauge I see that’s abnormal is the oil (pressure I think) gauge. When the engine quits the needle is all the way down in the red. How can I fix this?

The main issue for me was usually the Cylinder head temperature, it moves rather quickly and as soon as the needle goes out of the range, the engine quits. You should continuously check that one and adjust the cowl flaps accordingly.

After that, check your oil temp and manifold temp. Last but not least, don't overboost your engine.

If you maintain those four parameters, your engine should never seize. If it doesn't help, attach a short track so we can see more.

[GTFreeFlyer]

2 hours ago, Sparc said:

I’m doing the field landing and carrier landing training and in both I follow directions to the “T” and the engine quits. Every time. The only gauge I see that’s abnormal is the oil (pressure I think) gauge. When the engine quits the needle is all the way down in the red. How can I fix this?

The module has evolved, and the original training is still the original.  Don’t close your cowl flaps like the training says to.  Open them to keep your cylinder head temp in check.  Also, your oil temperature (not pressure) requires you to open your oil cooler flaps.  I set these 50% open for the entire flight and never worry about it afterwards.  You can choose to close them in small increments every few minutes and keep an eye on the oil temp if you are concerned about the small drag penalty.  

[Holbeach]

13 hours ago, GTFreeFlyer said:

.  Don’t close your cowl flaps like the training says to.  

Since the update I have been fully closing the Cowl Flaps before landing the Carrier as per the manual and I have had no ill effect.

Open them immediately when stopped or the temp will increase rapidly, but now instead of seizing when it reaches 260C, it can go over 300C before any problem will occur, giving you plenty of leeway.

Oil flaps are as before and 50% open is a must.

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Edited Friday at 11:59 AM by Holbeach

[Saxman]

23 minutes ago, Holbeach said:

Open them immediately when stopped or the temp will increase rapidly, but now instead of seizing when it reaches 260C, it can go over 300C before any problem will occur, giving you plenty of leeway.

It's not as sensitive to temperature, but overboost when it shouldn't is still an issue (the only time the POH warns against possible overboost is if you shift supercharger speeds without backing off the throttle).

[Sparc]

Okay I will try these out. Thanks.