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Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy
my only advice would be, try lower rpms and always keep the engine temperature between 200° and 250°.
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Yes Franky, I've just spent a very frustrating hour trying inner and outer tanks because of the conflicting information.
I never got off the ground once (mainly because I have a single throttle and struggle to steer, then overheat one of the engines)! But I can confirm that engine temperature between 200°C and 250°C. Over 250°C and you blow the cylinder head.
Certainly, after taxiing, it often pays to sit and let the engines cool to a little above 200°C to give plenty of margin for takeoff.
I struggle to believe the heat capacity was so low that the temps would vary that much. If it were that important and variable, the gauges would be in front of the pilot!
I also think Mechanist is onto something:
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Originally Posted by Mechanist
Tailwheel is fixed about 30° to the right when you strat on the ground, making taxiing and straight takeoffs almost inpossible.
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Looking at the behaviour in external views, I think the tailwheel is spring loaded somehow. That would be an easy programming error - forgetting -90° and +90° have the same magnitude restoring force but different signs.
56RAF_phoenix
08-04-2011, 08:54 PM
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