Fuel pressure

[Sammi79]

Like I said I learned by trial/error offline so got no idea if this is good practice or not really but with mixture it just gets leaner as i gain altitude til full lean at about 20k' + because this seems to prevent any vibrations from the engine.

Sometimes I forget though and it stays richer for longer.

[TomcatViP]

Don't lean too much. It does not seems so much necessary in game.

Before entering a fight, you can set it to full rich or if you are really high full rich minus half an inch

At cruise I use the "L" letters of the "Lean" indication as a mark with the lever of the mixture. Usually, both are aligned together at 20k Ft. With both boost and rpm at 12o'clock (rpm slightly less) I use to get 200mph cruise speed that way. The Temp stabilize itself around 3 o'clock. But I can lean even more but with a reduced boost to max out my range (over modelled IMOHO - I am sure I can go right to Berlin and be back with a case of schnaps for the poor German fellow that had to bail out and convert to green tea that way)

But I hve learn that it all depends of the plane you get and the way you warm your engine before taking off. I found that it both impact the way an engine temp raise. In the worst scenario you can then barely use full throttle before the temp start to coast raise to a critical value. Very disturbing in a fight.

So if I am committed in a fight while flying at cruise speed the scenario is the following :

Nose offset
Mix on rich
Temp check
Pitch lower
Throttle frwd
Boost check
Increase pitch
When Speed > 220/240 Rad on med

and then what you alrdy now
Gunsight On (the lamp of the gunsight were prone to fail hence the sight was illuminated only when necessary - not modelled)
Check 6!
Nose on target
Check 6!
Rock and Roll

I hope it helps.

~S

[Sammi79]

Ha yeah check 6 is about 2 out of every 3 steps in my current methodology for doing anything in online CLOD.

The funny thing about mixture seems to me if you don't change it from the start, it will never have an effect. Its only after you move the lever the first time that the effects of mixture seem to come into play. So essentially if you leave it alone from the start no problems regarding it will occur - possibly a bug.

Cheers for the replies though folks I think I might turn damage reports back on until we can be sure all the dials and levers are all working as they should.

Regards,
Sam.