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SleepTrgt 08-14-2009 02:55 PM

Hmm sometimes i still lose fuel pressure, even though i didnt got hit, neither overused WEP, hardly used it at all actually.

Why could this problem be?

P-51 08-14-2009 02:59 PM

It could be a thing called Vapour Lock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor_lock

SleepTrgt 08-14-2009 03:07 PM

Hmm i dont fully understand, but I can also say i didnt go that high.

P-51 08-14-2009 03:52 PM

Ahh ok. Does your engine cut out or splutter when doing negative G?

SleepTrgt 08-14-2009 04:10 PM

Hardly do Negative G's hehe
But its probably some manuever thing, or still Engine abuse even without going into WEP. It was 40 mins into the game.

P-51 08-14-2009 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SleepTrgt (Post 89984)
Hardly do Negative G's hehe
But its probably some manuever thing, or still Engine abuse even without going into WEP. It was 40 mins into the game.

yes 40mins of furious flying is enough to kill the engiene in the original so it might just be your pushing the aircraft to hard!

manintrees 08-14-2009 05:53 PM

I don't know if this factor would be included in the game, but I believe that some aircraft relied on gravity to supply fuel to the engine. IRL this was an issue during inverted flight and other acrobatic manouvers.

lazyboy_se 08-14-2009 06:38 PM

Yes, that is the case for the spitfire. The 109 did not have this issue.

xNikex 08-14-2009 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dald101 (Post 89905)
Thanks! Thats pretty much what i have been doing, so it seems im on the right track:-D

Just a couple more questions if i may...

When turning in a dogfight, i tend to lower the throttle - is this a mistake? Or Should full throttle be used?

In regards to the rudder - is it best to minimise its use for extremely sharpe turns or should every turn have a touch of rudder? - ( i
thought maybe its use caused more resistance and thus, a loss in airspeed):confused:

As for throttle, it's like I said, keep it in relation to your oponent's speed(don't go so fast that you overshoot and do go so slow that you lose him).

As for the rudder question, tight turns kills airspeed anyway. The rudder contributes just a little bit.

Skii 08-14-2009 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lazyboy_se (Post 90008)
Yes, that is the case for the spitfire. The 109 did not have this issue.

Pretty much yes - The Merlin engined spit and hurricanes used a float type carburettor - basically a float valve similar to a ball-cock on a toilet cistern which in positive gravity maintained a reservoir of fuel to the engine, under negative G it simply shut the fuel supply off temporarily. The 109 had fuel injection which was unnafected by G. Whist the Merlin had the disadvantage in this respect the carburettor fed system gave it a bit more 'grunt' compared to the fuel injected Daimler Benz.


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