Blenheim ferry flight over the rooftops of London - new youtube vid by me...

[Freycinet]

I have had big trouble with the engines when the oil temp departs too far from 40 degrees.

[Anvilfolk]

Exactly! In the worst possible location, especially if you have to keep a careful watch on them! I put my mouse near the top-right of the screen so that it falls sort of on there when I look right.

Also, have you noticed a difference between using inner or outer fuel tanks? For no particular reason I only turn the fuel cocks once, for the outer tanks, and I noticed you do it twice. I have no idea what kind of difference it makes.

I've found that the engine oil isn't really a problem, as it tends to stay at roughly the same temperature (not too far from 40) whatever I do. Perhaps having the carburettor heat 2/3 open helped? Not sure if that's what it affects even.

[Freycinet]

Hadn't even seen those dials, thanks for telling me. Now the question is: how the heck did I manage to fly for so long without knowing of their existence? Ignorance is bliss?

Well, my trick was to never go over 60 to 70 % throttle... - I guess that helped.

I noticed that I couldn't start when only turning the cocks once, but that it worked like a charm when I gave them two quarter turns...

Carb heat is mainly for going through clouds, I think.

[JG53Frankyboy]

when the egines are warmed up on the runway, you should disable the carb heating - activated it cost you some rpm (power)

i am actually disabling them short after the engines are running.

Having these temperatures in mind and not forgetting to correct the default set rudder trim the Blenheim is actually a nice plane to start with
Its a HotRod in comparison to the He111 as example

One have just to read the forums about that
as a rookie, one would never think about these two features i guess.

And not to forget the impossibility to change positions in the Blenheim online - because the temperatures are set to ZERO with each position switch ....................

I cant imagine how a person who is not active (at last reading) in a CoD forum is able to handle this software in its current state of development

[Fliegenpilz]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

I cant imagine how a person who is not active (at last reading) in a CoD forum is able to handle this software in its current state of development

Simple: Just fly without CEM

BTW, Great Vid as always Freycinet, really enjoyed the commentary

[JG53Frankyboy]

Originally Posted by Fliegenpilz

Simple: Just fly without CEM

.............................:

and get a weird propeller behaving that reduces the possible performance of the planes a lot .............

[Les]

Enjoyed the video. I liked the way it showed how heavy the plane is and how hard it can be to control, while showing it's not impossible either, thanks.

[ATAG_Doc]

Freycinet you did it again didn't ya excellent vid mate.