Fuel mixture cues

[beresford]

What cues should I be using in IL2 to determine mixture setting?

 

I know that in FC you can watch the RPM gauge and even turn round to see how much smoke you are making.

[LukeFF]

Pretty much the same thing as in FC, with the exception that in American planes you should be using Auto Lean in cruise and then Auto Rich in combat/takeoff/landing.

[kestrel79]

I want to say the Russian planes will have tan smoke when the mixture is too rich. You want it as lean as can be without your manifold pressure dipping I think. 

 

German and late US planes are much easier. I like those

[Sayan]

On 7/28/2023 at 4:52 PM, kestrel79 said:

Russian planes will have

orange-red flame exhaust from nozzles - mixture too rich
yellow exhaust - normal
blue exhaust - lean mixture