Can't fly the Il-2 without damaging the engine.

[Napping-Man]

Ugh...I can't seem to take this thing out of the hanger without burning up the engine.  I tired just a free-flight mission and kept the throttle at 80%...still got damaged.  I kept the radiators open, with full-rich, and it looked like the temps were "in the green".  Any tips would be appreciated...I just can't seem to get the hang of the Il-2.

[Mugwump]

What's your prop pitch at?  Try to keep the tachometer around 1850 rpm by altering prop pitch and manifold pressure around 8.5" while cruising.

[Napping-Man]

I'll try that, thanks...forgot about Prop Pitch.   Derp.    Although the damage still seems kinda sudden.  Again, the temps and pressure are within limits, and the engine completely quits soon after.

 

Back to practicing.

[39bn_pavig]

I fly by sound. I figure if it sounds like I'm stuck in an air conditioning duct then the engine is under load.

[Requiem]

I think you get away with about 2000RPM and full open water radiator to prevent overheating, but it's not prop pitch your adjusting. Instead it's RPM since the IL-2 uses a constant speed propeller. Sorry to sound nitpicky but I see people using the term prop pitch interchangeably with RPM controls a lot. The only time you are adjusting propeller pitch in BoS is when you are using the 109 or 190 on manual pitch control. 

[gary]

I use about 50% mixture. Works OK for me.

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 Do not worry, it will be fixed to run at infinite power Seriously speaking, 80% power, 90% prop pitch and radiator open you wont break the engine.

[312_strycekFido]

This works for me:

 

cruise 2050 rpm @ 900-950 mp

economy is 1850 rpm @ 900-950 mp

haven't figured out combat setting, but max rpm on 950 mp seem to work well for short period of time...

use > 950 mp only on max rpm

 

 

(I really don't know how to translate this into %, since it varies with altidute ;-) )

 

I use almost always use cruise settings, so oil radiator fully open, this gives about 60-70C inlet oil pressure - red gauge (its supposed to be 40-80C). For economy setting, you'd probably need to close it a bit.

 

Water radiator is about between 1/3 - 1/2, depends on water temperature (green gauge), which should be 80-120C.

 

I don't mess around with mixture and keep it maximum. I thin you're supposed to adjust it, so the exhaust flames are orange with blue end, but i don't have 6dof tir, and I am too lazy to look out with keys.

 

Take off is at full rpm & mp, both radiators fully open. After take off cut mp to 950 and then rmp to 2050, then close water rad to about 1/3 - 1/2 and don't forget to watch water temp and adjust acordingly. Oil temp should be fine as described above.

 

It's from real IL-2 manual, but seem to work in the game pretty well, since only time my engine dies is when it gets shot up by flak/109s.

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

I bring rpms down to 2100 at 90% mixture.  No problems.

[Napping-Man]

I tried lowering the RPMs and tested it.  Worked better.  Only when I went to 100% did I break my engine.  It's odd...I didn't get any temperature warnings...just boom, dead engine.  When I closed both radiators, I got the overheat warning, but no damage (after I opened them again). 

 

I may be able to survive a Campaign mission now...thanks, gents.  

[=LD=Hethwill]

Remember one thing. There is no sudden value that makes it break. Over powering it and then let it rest does not work like a "reset" to the engine condition. So always take good care of it and if you have to go full war power for a while remember you can't reset any damage done to it.

[bivalov]

Ugh...I can't seem to take this thing out of the hanger without burning up the engine.  I tired just a free-flight mission and kept the throttle at 80%...still got damaged.  I kept the radiators open, with full-rich, and it looked like the temps were "in the green".  Any tips would be appreciated...I just can't seem to get the hang of the Il-2.

from description of engine (1943) -

 

2150 revs/1285 mm hg - forsazh (5 min., if i not mistaken, because later was 10)

 

2050/1180 - nominal power

 

2050/950 - cruise

 

 

personally i mostly fly at 2050/1285... but sometimes at 2050/1140-1180, an very rare at 950, but it's my specific experience.

 

 

and loss with fully opened flaps of coolers - ~7 kph at full speed (according to personally my fast tests)