Blenheim operating limits and checklists

[aus3620]

Been tackling the might Blenheim. Read that lowering fuel load is a good idea. My slider is locked to 100%, is this a recent bug?

Also I am unable to select type of bombs to load.

[Sokol1]

Blenheim MkV in Russian "CLoD" Wiki:


http://tinyurl.com/cm3wu2b

Sokol1

[Carosel43]

Hi guys, i have spent quite a while in the blenheim today and managed to get 13000ft out of it before getting bored. Above about 9000ft though engine management is a nightmare as the engines misfire between 55 and 65% power. running more power they overheat, less power you cant fly. my solution was pitch 0% and power to max above 11000ft. seems to work ok but you dont have much power to play with. also oil temp drops to about 20 which is rubbish. I have no idea why they missfire at mid power. Mixture dose nothing at all. (mix could be stuck full rich, this would explain the misfire)

Also the boost cut out seems to work fine, to get it to kick in however you must throttle back to 80% or so, select it, and then back to full power. it should show as 110% if you have the info window up.

Having also had a play with the BR20 today (the CEM in the BR20 works a treat btw) and i think its possible that the radiator areas are misassigned for the blenheim. That is on the blenheim you cant get the oil to 80-90'c because it could have been assigned the larger cooling area of the engine. The engines on the other hand always run hot because they have been assigned the small cooling area of the oil cooler. I could be wrong, but it would explain alot!

[Carosel43]

Also, i just remembered that you cant get anywhere near the 2750rpm on the ground that the pilots notes for the real aircraft say you should get. this also means all the climb power rpms are unobtainable as well.

[JG53Frankyboy]

forgett the oiltemperature, look the cylinderheadtemperature.
the two gauges behind your right shoulder, above the fuelcockwheels.

operating temp is 200-250 degrees. and if you get higher than 5000ft, engaging carburetor heating helps running the engines smooth.

[Carosel43]

I have carb heat on from about 5/6000ft. And oil temperature is very important. Most WW2 aircraft engines run at about 80-90'c oil temp, the engine in your car will as well. The difference is moden engines use multigrade oils that do not thicken up as much as the ww2 oils did when they were cold. Thats why engines were run up periodically through the night when the weather was very cold. The thicker oil would damage the oil pumps as the pressure went through the roof when you tried to pump it. Also if you follow the pilots notes for the blenheim they clearly state that the engines should not run hotter than 210 on the heads and 80-90 on the oil. These figures are not possible in game at the moment. On the BR20, which is also radial powered, these figures are easy to obtain. as a result i think the blenheim engines are incorrectly modelled in the way i mention in my previous post.