41Sqn_Banks
04-15-2011, 08:58 PM
First of all I'm not an expert, however I think the throttle lever is modelled wrong.
At the moment this is the situation:
- Throttle lever backward means high boost, throttle forward means low boost
- Mixture lever backward means rich, mixture forward means weak
There is also a connection between throttle lever and mixture lever. If you move the throttle lever backward (high boost) the mixture lever is forced backward (rich mixture).
However these arrangment doesn't make sense:
The mixture is supposed to be operated only above 5000 feet. At this altitude a high boost is always required as the engine is not supercharged and boost will drop with every feet above sea level. So at altitude your throttle is all the way back for high boost, but this is also blocking the mixture lever in the backward position, which means rich mixture. You can operate the mixture at idle, but not at full throttle.
Also see this post: http://avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27066#p340664
When you bring the throttle to idle, the mixture control automatically also come back to full rich. Mixture can only be set in flight.
So actually it should be the other way as it is in the moment. The mixture should be blocked at idle but variable at full throttle.
As mixture lever back means rich mixture, the idle position has to be backward and full throttle has to be forward.
At the moment this is the situation:
- Throttle lever backward means high boost, throttle forward means low boost
- Mixture lever backward means rich, mixture forward means weak
There is also a connection between throttle lever and mixture lever. If you move the throttle lever backward (high boost) the mixture lever is forced backward (rich mixture).
However these arrangment doesn't make sense:
The mixture is supposed to be operated only above 5000 feet. At this altitude a high boost is always required as the engine is not supercharged and boost will drop with every feet above sea level. So at altitude your throttle is all the way back for high boost, but this is also blocking the mixture lever in the backward position, which means rich mixture. You can operate the mixture at idle, but not at full throttle.
Also see this post: http://avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27066#p340664
When you bring the throttle to idle, the mixture control automatically also come back to full rich. Mixture can only be set in flight.
So actually it should be the other way as it is in the moment. The mixture should be blocked at idle but variable at full throttle.
As mixture lever back means rich mixture, the idle position has to be backward and full throttle has to be forward.