Solo training in hurricane?

[kingpinda]

Originally Posted by XIII_Tango

It's a different engine in the Mk.II and they do have different methods.

Personally, however, I keep the rads closed just to heat up the engine a bit quicker. I know you're not 'supposed' to but I do it all the same, for speed, hence why I put it there.

The pitch should be coarse really, as it stops the engine trying to pull the aircraft forward while on startup. That's just my logical standpoint.

yeah I don't know if its correct (we are both presumably wrong...) but I do the same thing with radiator to speed things up. I open radiator when I start taxiing. At this point i don't care if its the proper checklist. I just want to be able to get the crate in the air without too much damage :p

I've noticed though that I don't need to use the handpump.

I don't do a full check when i start my car. ie. I don't walk around my car to see if i got a flat or something is falling off etc.


But mate I think we both mean the same thing with the prop pitch :p where I say 100 percent you say 0 percent. Its fully forward. the blades have the LEAST resistant so its not pulling the aircraft. This gives the least amount of stress but more RPM. As soon as i climbed sufficiently with prop "100 percent" I turn it back to 85 percent or so and I see my rpm decrease and stress levels increase.

edit: I guess we don't mean the same. I had to lookup what coarse means :p you might be correct. I don't know. For me the logical thing to do is prop fine. I compare it to gears in a car. You don't start your car in the fourth gear.

Originally Posted by Moggy

Actually I'm a little bit confused about the radiator on the Hurri. The indicator in the cockpit reads closed when I open the radiator and vice versa.

I use the in cockpit reference. If you have put your radiator like I have on an axis it might be that you need to check the reverse checkbox if it gives the opposite reading.

[Moggy]

Thanks for replying KP, I'm using the default ingame keys which are 5 and 6.

[kingpinda]

Originally Posted by Moggy

Thanks for replying KP, I'm using the default ingame keys which are 5 and 6.

Hmm weird. You may found a bug. Or the default bind keys are at fault. When you look in the control page is 5 set for open and 6 for close? and if so if you press 5 ingame the radiator closes instead? if this is the case then it must be a bug. I'd go with the incockpit reference though. I THINK i have flown all the time with radiator open. 1 mission with full power heavy dogfighting and my engine didnt blow up.

[Moggy]

Now the really weird thing when the panel is set to closed, if you go on externals you can see the radiator is open. When the panel is open, the radiator looks closed.

[Les]

Originally Posted by Moggy

Now the really weird thing when the panel is set to closed, if you go on externals you can see the radiator is open. When the panel is open, the radiator looks closed.

I just saw the same thing for the first time when I was flying a couple of minutes ago. I could be wrong (and probably am), but I think what you're seeing on the externals is the air intake opening and closing. So, when you see the air intake is 'closed' at the back, the radiator itself is now having the air directed into it, so therefore the radiator is 'open' or being cooled.

In terms of applying controls to it in game, I had to tick the reverse setting to make my buttons match the indicator in the cockpit.

Anyone know if there's an in-cockpit indicator for the oil radiator too, or doesn't the Hurricane have one?

[klem]

The mixture is bugged, Rich=Lean and Lean=Rich. Set to Lean (as seen in the cockpit) for Rich. To check this you can open an information window - Alt+Right Click IIRC - and select Engine for Info, it will show you 100% when it really is Rich and 0% for Lean. My friends also tell me the Radiator is reversed too. Haven't checked that myself as I fly with Engine Temperature effects off while I get used to it (Luthier's recommendation).

[Moggy]

Originally Posted by Les

I just saw the same thing for the first time when I was flying a couple of minutes ago. I could be wrong, but I think what you're seeing on the externals is the air intake opening and closing. So, when you see the air intake is 'closed' at the back, the radiator itself is now having the air directed into it, so therefore the radiator is 'open' or being cooled.

In terms of applying controls to it in game, I had to tick the reverse setting to make my buttons match the indicator in the cockpit.

Anyone know if there's an in-cockpit indicator for the oil radiator too, or doesn't the Hurricane have one?

Isn't the oil radiator/cooler mounted centrally in the radiator itself, so when you operate the radiator controls you're also operating the oil cooler?

[Les]

Originally Posted by Moggy

Isn't the oil radiator/cooler mounted centrally in the radiator itself, so when you operate the radiator controls you're also operating the oil cooler?

Could be, I really don't know much about this stuff, was just asking while I was here and we were talking about Hurricanes. I guess the separate oil radiator control must be for other planes.

[XIII_Tango]

Originally Posted by kingpinda

edit: I guess we don't mean the same. I had to lookup what coarse means :p you might be correct. I don't know. For me the logical thing to do is prop fine. I compare it to gears in a car. You don't start your car in the fourth gear

Hrrm I guess, I think I'm going to read my Hurri manual and just do the checks from that, to be on the safe side from now on. Still going to keep rads closed until I move though. Get those crates in the air eh what?

[Moggy]

Originally Posted by XIII_Tango

Hrrm I guess, I think I'm going to read my Hurri manual and just do the checks from that, to be on the safe side from now on. Still going to keep rads closed until I move though. Get those crates in the air eh what?

I can scan in the start sequence from the Hurri Mk.I pilot notes if you're interested?