Fiat G.50 performance...

[TomcatViP]

Hi,

You need to close both oil rad and eng cowling flaps right after ignition. The wait for the oil to raise to 50+ deg (don't let it goes beyond 60 !) and 250 for the engine cylinder. Usually I select the 3rd pos to monitor the higher cylinder temp (lever at 12hr as always)

In flight keep cylinder temp btw 250 and 300 (it required to let open the eng cowling flaps most of the time what doew not seems to be accurate).

The oil rad need to be ctly monitored with the flaps closed or opened to keep temp in teh 50 to 60 range (close it when your eng temp is falling - partially open it at cruise speed depending of your flight regime - open it fully when the temp is reaching the 60 mark (9 o'clock position)

At allt>1500 you'll need to start to lean the mixture. It means decreasing the ratio of Fuel air SLIGTLY !

Regarding the G50 perfs and flight model I hve in the idea that this part of teh CoD project was intended to be a Cr42. They then switched it into a G50 when they realized that their Spit model was out turning the biplane (probably trhat's why we don't hve a flyable Glad.

Thing you hve to know:
- a crazy Spit G addict will always out turn your G50 leaving you falling down to earth with no frwd speed.

- With a Hurri (a one with a CoD approved FM), it will depends of your speed. At slow speed, the thick hurr wing will play its part; let your nose drop, gain 50/100 kph and then you'll turn tighter.

- The two 12.7mm MG are very effective giving you can aim accurately for 1 sec. During BoB, RAF pilots were issued no to go on head-on with th eitalian planes. Some of the most talented RAF jockey loose their pride that way

- the sound of your bullets hitting an opponent is awsome. Enjoy your open cockpit experience !

I hope it will helps you.

~S!

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by addman

From the Q&A of 23rd of December:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=28633

8. Will the performances of the poor G.50 be upgraded to be closer to the real historical values? The G.50 maximum speed today is ~350 kmh at sea level against 407 kmh found in books and online references. The G.50 ceiling in game is some 5000 m, against 10500 m found in various sources.

Quote:
"Yes, it’s one of the things the new FM programmer will work on."

I cannot get the G50 past 3000 m. I am fine all the way up until I get up there then it starts to lose power. What's the configuration needed to climb past 3?

[TomcatViP]

You hve to work your climb with modesty

To give you a tip : I am unable to escort BR20 as I can't even fly at their speed at such height !

[Rickusty]

Nice tips Tomcat.
And yes , tested this, and indeed it's hard to follow the BR 20...

[addman]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Doc

I cannot get the G50 past 3000 m. I am fine all the way up until I get up there then it starts to lose power. What's the configuration needed to climb past 3?

Well, I've reached the bomber formations on the ATAG server and I think they are well above 3000 m, can't remember exactly though since I haven't been online for quite some time now. It's possible to get above 3000 though, I guess the following is important in the G.50 to reach higher altitude:

1. High prop pitch, not full but almost full, even when you are flying low and level.
2. Same with the throttle, almost full.
3. Mixture (I think), give less mixture as you reach higher altitudes. You can see on the RPM meter, if you start to loose RPM's you need to lower the mixture.
4. Radiators open just above half-full, oil rads open just below half-full (I'm not even sure the oil rads are doing anything at all, could probably close them all together)
5. Fuel, I rarely have full tank in the G.50. Keep it light.
6. Patience, once his bird reaches a certain altitude it turns into a barely flying brick, the devs are working on the FM's so hopefully this will be corrected already in the upcoming patch.

I hope this helps a little at least, sorry for the delayed answer.

[ATAG_Doc]

Thank you for this info I will try this out soon. Much appreciated.