Help with H111 complex engine management

[Pharoah]

hi guys

 

I can't for the life of me keep from burning out my engines. I know you have to monitor the temps on them for the diff stages of flight (t/o, cruise, etc) but I still burn them out.

 

Couple of questions:

 

1. I have mapped controls for oil/water radiators, etc as well as prop pitch/mixture but it seems the only thing I can open/close/use is the water radiators. Is this correct? I've mapped it to keyboard commands for each engine. What exactly does the H111 have?

2. what sort of power settings should I be using?

[GridiroN]

Burning out the engines on the HE111 is usually because you are leaving your RPM too high. It took me a while before I could figure out why my engines were broken by the time I was only at like 1000 ft mark.

 

I believe at 100% RPM, the needle reads 2450'ish. Continuous flight is 2250'ish, with the ATM should be directly north, before the big red part that obviously suggests leaving it there is a bad idea if you enjoy not crashing; that's climb mode.

 

Also, the HE111 has a special 4 stage oil radiator that requires it's own key. It doens't work off the universal rad controls. The BF110, and La5 also have special radiators controls you'll have to map individually.

Edited May 4, 2016 by GridiroN

[6./ZG26_5tuka]

Engines will burn out quickly if you use emergency / climb setting for too long or the engines overheat. The He-111 has a special oil radiator controll binding you need to set to keys.

 

As for the power settings this should be helpfull: http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/21281-lw-planes-ata-revs-printable-card/

[KpaxBos]

Some helps :

 

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/6670-cockpit-glance-reference-cards/?p=292295

 

 

HE111_resumé.pdf

[Pharoah]

thanks guys

[poppasmurf311]

I can usually do 85% propeller pitch, 80% throttle, 50% water radiator and 25% oil radiator to hit 350 kph. I can sustain indefinitely. This only seems to work at treetop level, though. If I fly up to "normal" 1-2km altitudes, everything goes to heck.

[LukeFF]

There is an in-game spec sheet for engine operating limits, y'know.  

[Cybermat47]

There is an in-game spec sheet for engine operating limits, y'know.

 

Luke's right, it shows up when you're at the briefing/setup screen.

 

[TP_Jacko]

Also, the HE111 has a special 4 stage oil radiator that requires it's own key. It doens't work off the universal rad controls. The BF110, and La5 also have special radiators controls you'll have to map individually.

 

This is a good point. You can see the oil radiator open in steps on the He111 from externals

[Yogiflight]

The left one you can even see from your pilot seat. The flap is at the rear end of the housing on top of the engine. You can easily see it open and close and the different positions.