pyates2104 Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Has anyone had a flame out while diving? I throttled back to idle quickly and fox 2'd a bogey whilst in a dive, this was quickly followed by a double engine flame out. Probably realistic behaviour, but its the first time its ever happened to me, has anyone had a similar experience?
Damien Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 What was your altitude when you flamed out? Bird strikes? -Damien
IonicRipper Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Never happened to me... Like Damien said, maybe a bird strike. i5 4590 @ 3.77GHz | GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 | 1TB HDD+500GB HDD | Win10 Home X64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
HellMutt Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 If you were still pushing the stick forward, you might have been at negative G for (I think) more than 10 seconds. That starves the engines of fuel, and you flame out. Regards, Bart i7 8700K @ 4.4Ghz, Radeon RX 6800, HP Reverb, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Thrustmaster MFD's
sgtmike74 Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Yes this will happened, I was above 20,000 and went into a dive with my engine idle. I think it has something to do with the speed, altitude and low throttle setting. It's easy to recreate if you want to test it, pay attention to the speed at which your engines will cut out. The easy solution to this is to keep just a little throttle on. This seems to keep the engines from croaking. Here is a quick clip of mine
shagrat Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 If you were still pushing the stick forward, you might have been at negative G for (I think) more than 10 seconds. That starves the engines of fuel, and you flame out. Regards, Bart Exactly! You can reproduce it. Get to high altitude 20000 ft plus, now push the A-10C in a dive by pushing the stick forward, G-Meter on the left HUD frame should indicate negative Gs. Now pull the throttle back to idle. After approximately 10 sec the fuel reserve in the system is spent and engines die. To prevent this always roll the plane and pull it it into a dive while inverted. Then roll again when recovering. You can also use flame out for emergency restart training:D 1 Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore)
metheluckydonut Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 At about 430 knots the engines flame out DCS Wishlist: Ka 26
Bushmanni Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 A-10C will flame out at high speed dive if throttles are at idle as will the real plane also. DCS Finland: Suomalainen DCS yhteisö -- Finnish DCS community -------------------------------------------------- SF Squadron
pyates2104 Posted August 28, 2013 Author Posted August 28, 2013 Thanks all, it was fun figuring out the relight process with the ground looming up.... switching the igniters on seemed to do the trick after a few seconds.
sgtmike74 Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Both are correct, prolong negative g will cause a flame out on its own and excessive speed coupled with low throttle setting will induce it too. SEE and you thought you only had to worry about bad guys shooting at you! :)
Konrad Friedrich Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Guys, what are you doing with our trusty Warthog?!? Fox two in a dive?!? Engine flame out at 10 seconds negative g or at 430 kts?!? I think I should develop a more aggrassive flying style... Apparently the A-10C is a disguised fighter plane... ;)
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