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Originally Posted by jermin
Well done! Thanks for the detailed information.
My question is whether aircrafts equipped with MW50 really overheated that fast in real life. According to the test it cannot even last more than 2 minutes in the game. The only radiator position that is useful for Luftwaffe pilots are full open. I can't think of any situation where other positions can be used.
And I can't persuade myself to believe those coarse Russian engines tend to has less overheat problem than German ones.
BTW, 109 K4 C3 appears to have a flawed auto radiator. You can notice the radiator flaps are not fully open even the engine has been overheated for a long time.
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1. It can not last two minutes stationary on the ground without any air flowing through the radiators to actually cool it. That is what this test established as he tries to mimic a plane at stall speed at the top of a zoom climb. If your plane is constantly in that state you are a rubbish pilot.
2. Other positions can be used during 90% of a regular pilots flight time. Prolonged combat against top brass planes and pilots are rather rare actually. Even on a dogfight server, if you know what you are doing.
3. Exactly because of their rather rough nature they are more rugged.