Hurricane coolant leaks possibly not modeled correctly.

[FeuerFliegen]

I was playing a single player mission today, in a VVS Hurricane.  I got shot by a 109 and sustained a coolant leak.  I didn't realize it at first; I thought it was a fuel leak, as I would have gone straight back to base had I known.  After 20-25 minutes of flying around and noticing that my fuel gauge had only gone down a normal amount from flight time, I examined the leak closer and saw that it was the bright white coolant leak that is a different color from a fuel leak.  I then had to fly 90km back home to base, including climbing from 500m up to about 4000m.  Not once did my engine run hot; nothing like when I get a coolant leak in any other plane.  After I landed, I 100% confirmed that it was a coolant leak, as it was steaming out of the radiator, opposed to a liquid pouring out onto the ground like a fuel leak would.

 

So I'm pretty sure that there was a bug that was not actually removing any coolant from the system.  Any other plane would have overheated pretty quickly after a few minutes of leaking.

 

I recorded a clip for a minute or so after I realized this, if you need a .trk file.

 

I was not using any simplifications in the game, such as unbreakable, invulnerability, etc.

[LukeFF]

Yes, we absolutely need the track file and associated mission for the team to look into this.

[the_emperor]

Yak-9 can don the same trick

[FeuerFliegen]

17 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Yes, we absolutely need the track file and associated mission for the team to look into this.

 

Here it is.

11.2025-06-30_02-34-30_00.rar

[FeuerFliegen]

@LukeFF

 

The same exact thing happened to me in a Spitfire Mk.IXc

 

It was even on the Normandy map; very hot outside air temperatures.

 

Here's the track for that one.

11.2025-06-30_02-34-30_00.rar