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[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by knucklebutt

Anyone flying the Blenheim ? I would love to get a bunch of Bombers up. However, I have been attempting to get that aircraft up to practice with no luck. I have watched all the youtube videos. After warm up, on the take off roll No.1 engine shakes and shuts down. Same thing with air start, runs for about 30 seconds and engines shut down

any ideas

Denis

Watchmans a good teacher.

If your around this weekend I will attempt to pass on the lesson he gave me .

Nice aircraft but hardest by far to get started in.

[aus3620]

Hi JG52Krupi,

In Single Player mode taking-off along a runway is difficult to say the least, in fact obviously the FM is flawed. Not so bad in MP. In MP the suggested solution is 60% fuel and two 500lb bombs.

What I do:
. rads open 100%
. rudder trim left 100%
. trim - nose heavy
. after temps reach 100, fuel mix to normal (about 50%)
. accelerate smoothly, keeping an eye on the right engine temp
. rotation at 90mph
. as soon as lifted off, wheel up
. as soon as wheels up (if not before fully up), pitch 80%, throttle 60% - have to baby the engines initially
. if you are going to fly beneath 2,500ft don't worry about carb heat
. trim aircraft to level flight

I have tried skip-bombing but my hit rate is low and inevitably take a lot of damage (attacking medium tanker!).

So far my best approach for attacking shipping is from no lower than 300ft along the length of the ship, using the guns target system to align the plane with the ship.

Once airborne it is not so bad, basically fly to your engine temps. Apparently 190 is the goal but I am often in the 210s, especially early in the flight. 236 is the fatal number.

When turning use more rudder than you would in fighters.

Cannot offer anything re bombardier as I am practicing anti-shipping missions with the Blen at the moment.

Post-edit
oops, I should have addressed this to Denis/knucklebutt!

[JG52Krupi]

Thanks but I have no problem flying the blem anymore.

Taking the large bombs and skimming the waves is my second favourite il2 hobby... Tankers have no chance but you have to keep your eyes out for those pesky mine ships small and pack a punch, I have yet to return from attacking one by skip bombing but he normally sinks with two 1000 lbs in her so at least it's a draw

Btw ~250 is my engine fatal temp so I stay around 240 in flight and things are good and you can get a semi decent speed when you can eventally push the throttle to ~80