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P-40E Mixture Auto Lean / Auto Rich


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Great new plane :)

 

 

One question though....

 

Does the Auto Lean and Auto Rich settings actually work, and if - how are the ranges defined (in % as shown in the engine setting info's) ?

 

 

Finn Jacobsen

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Always use auto rich. Use auto lean to save fuel, under 30" and 2200 rpm.

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Yeah - I know how it should work and also how to use....

 

Question is if it´s actually implementet in Il-2 BOS/BOM.

 

Right now I can move the mixture lever back and forth gradually, but does the auto mixture really set the mixture as appropriate, when the mixture lever is set at the Auto lean or Auto rich settings as shown on the labels on the mixture quadrant ?

 

On most Soviet aircraft had to be set manually as You climb/descend, but with Auto settings on the P-40E, this should not be necessary.

 

 

Finn

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Yeah - I know how it should work and also how to use....  

 

Question is if it´s actually implementet in Il-2 BOS/BOM.  

 

Right now I can move the mixture lever back and forth gradually, but does the auto mixture really set the mixture as appropriate, when the mixture lever is set at the Auto lean or Auto rich settings as shown on the labels on the mixture quadrant ?

 

Yes, it is working like it is supposed to be. It's just not animated exactly according to reality, and the technochat has not been updated to show which mixture setting the engine is in.

 

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/18463-p-40e-1-cockpit-diagram-and-engine-operating-limits/?do=findComment&comment=289712

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Another interesting video:

 

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Great video jcomm, thanks for sharing.  S!

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very interesting.  "The most manuverable American fighter."  Just not as nimble as a Zero.  But much more so than a Mustang!

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Geneseo is a great place to see an air show, but none of the aircraft he mentions are there any more.

 

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very interesting. "The most manuverable American fighter." Just not as nimble as a Zero. But much more so than a Mustang!

I can believe it. It is quite agile despite its high weight.

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Neat video ... does indicate that the BOM P40 is overcooled though ... even allowing for the Russian winter map.

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We have an original Flying Tiger here where I live.

-TBC-AeroAce
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Yes that video defo suggests that BoM P40 cooling is incorrect

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Nice vid jcomm, interesting about the cooling especially seeing as the most common enviroments for Western P-40's were the hottest, harshest theatres where they did not seem to have that reputation, far east and western desert..

 

must also be noted that this is talking about one individual A/C with an unknown history rather than all P-40's, I have yet to 'test' the BoM P-40 for overheating on the ground/low speeds

 

I liked the comment where he says he has written a book on the P-40 and then after flying it realised all his 'perceived notions' he wrote about it were wrong ;)

 

Cheers Dakpilot

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We have an original Flying Tiger here where I live.

Well get him over to your house and get him flying the game so he can give us some hints of flying the P-40 or take all your stuff to his place.

Pronto, he may be gone tomorrow.

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Incidently, the I-16 is not that far removed from the Ki-43, so we might even be able to put some old Flying Tiger tips into practice against sort-of-similar aircraft.

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jcomm,

 

nice video, I've seen it before but it's nice to see again now that we have the P40 in BoS/BoS.

 

 

cheers

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jcomm,

 

nice video, I've seen it before but it's nice to see again now that we have the P40 in BoS/BoS.

 

 

cheers

 

Thx :-)

 

I really appreciated hearing and watching some of the details.

 

Now I have to practice in BoS/BoM :-)

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