Boost engine

[ivo]

Hi, I have a question, which plane has boost engine? I have tryed whit Hurricane and Spitfire (Button backspace) but it no work.
I have read that Hurricane early version in the 1939/40 had booster...

Bye

[JG53Frankyboy]

All before the patch
All british planes have boost, first you have to engage the "boost cut out" , than you are able to push the throttle from 100% too 110%.
IF there is a boost effect actually, that have to tell you other persons. At least in the Spit II there is a additonal perfomance.

German planes with boost are 109, 87 & 88.
In them you have to engage the "WEP" button.

[ivo]

Thank a lot for your quickly answer Jg53frankyboy

[ivo]

Sorry I have tried but nothing.
first press: W
second press: backspace

but the motor have r.p.m. max. 100%
What do I wrong ?

Bye,

[312_Jura]

Originally Posted by ivo

Sorry I have tried but nothing.
first press: W
second press: backspace

but the motor have r.p.m. max. 100%
What do I wrong ?

Bye,

Press the "T" key, that should be a default key for "boost cut out", if it doesn't work, find it in controls and map it to some key.

[Blackdog_kt]

From what i've been able to see, pressing W or backspace just moves the throttle to full in the 109.

This is probably because the 109E doesn't have a separate boost mechanism, emergency power is just full throttle. If we had a late model 109 with GM50 injection, i guess that pressing these keys would turn the GM50 system on/off.

[ivo]

Thank to everybody I'll try.

Bye, Ivo

[ivo]

Hi, I have tried but there is no more power, only 110% throttle, nothing increase speed...

Bye.Ivo

[312_Jura]

Originally Posted by ivo

hi, i have tried but there is no more power, only 110% throttle, nothing increase speed...

Bye.ivo

110 > 100

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by ivo

Hi, I have tried but there is no more power, only 110% throttle, nothing increase speed...

Bye.Ivo

That's correct. If there is not an extra system (like water injection or mw50, which is stuff that's found on late-war aircraft), pressing the WEP key will just advance the throttle to 110%.

This is how it is in reality too, we just got confused and learned it the wrong way from all these years flying IL2 and now we have trouble understanding the difference

In most aircraft war emergency power just means going full throttle and nothing more. The extra systems that inject additional stuff into the engine usually are not there to produce more power, but to enable the engine to run at full throttle for a longer time without damage by preventing the detonation effect.