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Old 08-16-2011, 10:47 PM
xpupx xpupx is offline
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Default flying the Blenheim

I can honestly say that the Blenheim is the most rewarding aircraft to fly, It is not very forgiving but can take massive amounts of damage and still make it home on one engine as long as you have 10000 feet under your wings ant treat her well.
We frequently do 2 hour round trips in to La Have or the Rouen Boss from Sandown and make it home.
The following is how we do it!
Spawn Aircraft with 85% fuel.
Switch on magnetos 1&2.
Switch on wing tanks 1 & 2.
Switch on Boost cut off (just in case).
Drop your throttle to 11%.
Select and Start engine 1.
Select and Start engine 2.
Synchronize both engines.
Adjust your course setter to the north position.
Adjust your directional gyro to the heading you have just obtained from your course setter.
Trim your rudder to the neutral position.
Trim you elevators to just under the neutral position.
Open up radiators to the fully open position.
Increase throttle to 35% and you will start rolling out, once moving drop you pitch down to 90% and taxi to the run way (use you pitch controls to keep you water temp on or just above 200, the 12 o clock position on your dials).
Stop at the start of the runway and let your water temp drop to 200 (12 o clock position on your dials). Then increase throttle to 50% reset pitch to 100% and keep a straight line by using your brakes until your tail lifts.
As soon as you are airborne retract undercarriage and reset you elevator trim.
Reset elevator trim to make the aircraft climb at about a 25 degree angle and drop pitch to 90% and switch off boost.
The Blenheim should fly all day like this but keep this in mind:
Keep the water temp just over 200 degrees just past the 12 o clock position on your dials, use your pitch and radiator controls to do this as you get higher it gets colder you need less radiator and as your climb rate decreases you need less pitch.
You can push her up to around 70% throttle but damage will occur sooner or later.
When you get to 6000 feet turn on your carburetted heaters and this will settle your RPM down.
The thing to keep in mind is that every time you adjust a control there is a consequence for it, heat for water or oil, speed, height whatever. So when you move something you have to change something else.
By the time you get to your cruising altitude and trim the aircraft to fly level you should find that the radiator is almost closed the pitch is around 40% and the fuel mix can be dropped down to about 75% too, and you can get around 140 to 170 MPH if you get it right.
The bottom line is never take your eyes off dials it only take seconds to stuff an engine.
Hope this helps
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