262 Engine Management

[smink1701]

Ok, what's the trick to flying the ME262 without losing the engines after two minutes of flight???

[AndyJWest]

Very gentle throttle movements, mostly. Most of the time, you'll want to keep RPM to 8000 or more, and not less than 6000 until you are flaring for touchdown. Move the throttle slowly, and don't let the exhaust gas temperature get to high (can start a fire) or too low (potential flameout). And note that you can get compressor stall if you pull too high an AoA (or spin) - you'll know you've done it by the load bangs. Compressor stall can kill an engine.

 

If you haven't seen it, watch Requiems video here, and practice engine restarts, so you can do it when you need it in a hurry. 

 

 

[smink1701]

Thanks!

[40plus]

Pin the throttle and never touch it again. there is very little reason to be messing with it unless you are landing

[danielprates]

Compared to piston engines, I feel I am only really checking RPM and temperature, making it actually feel like there is actually less workload and things to monitor than your average prop AC. As said above you kinda have to keep RPM high mostly all the time, between 6k and 8k rpm, and if you monitor the temp gauges as you slowly move the levers, its easy to keep it from catching fire. 

[-TBC-AeroAce]

What I do is base the speed of throttling up or down on the temp gauges.  Don't go above 650 while throttling up and don't go below 300 ish when throttling down.

 

TBH I never have a problem with increasing thrust it is only when decreasing when i have had a couple of flame outs but I have always managed to re-light them.

[MiloMorai]

It helps to read the Pilot Manual, http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/Me262/262PilotHandbook.pdf