BoBP Spitfire IXe guide?

[Bazamataz]

Hi I've been looking for a guide on how to fly Spitfire IXe but Chuck hasn't yet produced one. I've watched Requim's The Air Combat Tutorial Library but it isn't very detailed. and mentions some cockpit controls with no associated bind.

 

Could someone please offer some pointers on the controls:

 

Airscrew control - RPM (I've noted the various settings for various stages of flight, anything else I should know?)

Throttle – CONTROLS MANIFOLD PRESSURE / BOOST (This is independent of the RPM right?)

 

Mixture (simulated? - automatic mixture only? if not when would I use it manually?)

 

Supercharger switch (Auto / 1st gear - when would I put it in first or should I just leave it in AUTO all the time as a novice?)

 

Is there carburettor controls?

 

Radiators - water only (Oil is inside the same manifold right) so it's either AUTO or Open? (no closed option? and when would use manual open?)

 

Requiem mentions other controls in his video but I don't think they are simulated:

*Oil dilution button
*Supercharger ground test Button
*Radiator ground test (opens radiator completely) button
*Pitot heat 
*Camera button 
?Fuel booster
?Booster coil push button (same as above?)
*Oxygen equipment 
*Magnetos 
*Fuel cock control
?Pipsqueak control 
*Windscreen deicing
*Emergency gear extension

 

Would Chuck's DCS guide for the Spitfire IXe still be useful or will the aircraft behave differently?

Edited April 1, 2020 by Bazamataz

[CountZero]

Your overthinking it, this is flying game not procidural test bed, and spit9 is one of the easy to manage airplane in game on Allied side.

 

You start engine automaticly , game does all els for you, you can fly by having engine settings 1h on what specs say its combat mode without need to adjust anything els, game/airplane does all automaticly even on so caled expert realisam. 

 

ONLY thing thats important to pay atantion in this flying game on Spit 9 is emergancy fantasy timer that is 5min said by spec BUT can be more or less, and game bug is not showing you when this timer is out prevents you to know when game wonts you to stop using it or when it will be recharged like in some mario cart game.

 

Its mined free airplane compared to some broken american ones where they have more fantasy timers then stars in sky  

Edited April 1, 2020 by CountZero

[Algy-Lacey]

I also would like to know more about the systems and controls of the Spitfire IXe in game.

 

With the Spitfire Vb there were 3 main engine controls...

1)Throttle lever (which controls boost, am I right?)

2)Propellor R.P.M

3)Mixture control

 

And then if I remember correctly, I had buttons mapped for water radiators and W.E.P. high boost

 

 

With the Spitfire IXe, some of these controls are automated, am I right in thinking that the following engine controls are all of them?

1)Throttle lever (manual)

2)Propellor R.P.M (automated?)

3)Mixture control (automated?)

 

Can someone clarify if the water radiators are automated or manual?

Same for emergency boost, manual or automated? (achieved just using the Throttle lever?)

 

1 more question:

At what level of boost does the 5 minute timer come into effect?

 

I look forward to being able to master this Spitfire!

 

Cheers,

Algy-Lacey

[41Sqn_Skipper]

Throttle controls boots. Both have a "variable datum type" boost control that prevents overboosting and also adjusts boost depending on ambient pressure (=changing altitude). In practice this means each throttle setting always corresponds to a specific boost level independent of altitude.

 

Both have a manual RPM lever that selects the RPM kept by the constant speed propeller by automatically adjustung the propeller pitch.

 

Mixture is fully automatic on Spit IX. Spit V allows to manually select between auto rich and auto weak. 

 

Spit IX changes supercharger speed automatically, but you can manually enforce MS setting to reduce fuel consumption.

 

Radiator in Spit IX is automatic and has integrated intercooler and oil cooler. I don't think the button to manually force the radiator to full open is simulated. Spit V has manual radiator and no adjustable oil cooler.

 

There is no special control for Emergency boost on Spit IX, simply move the throttle fully forward.

On Spitfire V there is a manual "boost control cut-out" that disables the boost control. This allows to increase boost above the +12 limit. In this mode the boost is no longer adjusted to ambient pressure, so at low altitudes the throttle must be moved very far back to actually reduce the boost.

Overboosting above +16 is still prevented. 

 

5min limit counts for RPM higher than 2850 and boost higher than +9 for Spit V and +12 for Spit IX. But no need to complicate the engine timer thing.

 

Use Takeoff Power (3000 RPM and +12 boost) only for short runways and up to 3min after takeoff or 1,000ft.

Use Climb Power (2850 RPM and +9 boost for Spit V and +12 for Spit IX) during climb or to cruise fast and also for most of the time in combat. No longer than 30min for Spit V and 60min for Spit IX. So in Spit IX basically most of the time, as after 1 hour your fuel tank is empty anyway.

Reduce to Cruise Power or lower (2650 RPM and +7) to save fuel.

Use Emergency Power (3000 RPM and +16 for Spit V, +18 for Spit IX and +25 with 150 octane fuel) for limited time in combat and only if necessary.

 

Edit: Game description and early original engine limits give a limit of 30min for Climb Power of Spit V. Late editions of Spit V Pilot's Notes give 60min but this was most likely only at a very late stage.

Edited April 2, 2020 by 41Sqn_Banks

[RNAS10_Oliver]

15 hours ago, 41Sqn_Banks said:

Radiator in Spit IX is automatic and has integrated intercooler and oil cooler. I don't think the button to manually force the radiator to full open is simulated. Spit V has manual radiator and no adjustable oil cooler.

 

Regarding the segment that I've bolded above. The radiator test button in the Mark 9 does function. It's linked to switch water radiators control mode: auto/manual. You should then see the flap covering the button gets lifted and the button pressed, and both your radiator flaps then slowly open up to their fullest.

Edited April 2, 2020 by Oliver88

[Algy-Lacey]

41Sqn_Banks,

that was the best most concise info for Spitfire engine management I've seen. Thanks for taking the time to post.

 

Perhaps you should post this as a new topic as well, maybe call it 'Spitfire Engine Management' or something. It would help people find this great info.

 

Cheers,

Algy_lacey

[Bazamataz]

Thanks guys that's all very useful.