Blenheim problems

[jf1981]

Bristol Blenheim Mk IV lightweight bomber overview.

Blenheim Mk IV

[Roblex]

I may be wrong but weren't the Blennie engines started by ground crew and impossible to restart in the air in real life?

For conversion of IAS etc, if you have a smartphone try looking for a free app called 'Drop The Bomb' that will also give the correct bombsight angle if you prefer to level drop manually

[Sokol1]

Originally Posted by Roblex

... that will also give the correct bombsight angle if you prefer to level drop manually

In Blenheim bombing procedure is only in manual mode.
The correctly angle is adjusted by Wimperis bombsight, based in TAS and ALTITUDE inputs
The only data you need convert is IAS >TAS

If one dont have a Smartphone and since Wimperis accept speed imputs only in 10 to 10 increments, a hand calculator is sufficient to convert IAS in TAS. Add 2% of IAS for each 1000 feets of ALTITUDE.

Sokol1

[Sokol1]

I may be wrong but weren't the Blennie engines started by ground crew and impossible to restart in the air in real life?

Probable yes, but in game:

Shutt down engines turnig off fuel and/or magnets:
If the engine dont go cold just with "windmill" of propellers engines start again after turn fuel an magnets on. Dive a bit to help.

Flying throug clouds, if you close radiators ~60 % and turn on "Carburetor heat" engines dont kill.

If you dont do this and engines kill and go cold, select one engine and press "I" dont help - probable due absence of ground crew.

But if you have spare altitude try this:

Put throttle in ~5%, close radiators, turn on "Carburetor heat" and dive.
With luck propeller "windmill" turn engines on.

In my attemps I get one engine ON - at very low altitude.

Need await warmup until move throttle, leave radiators close, "Carburetor heat" on and watch temps.

After get some speed and altitude, I am able to repeat the precedure and start the another engine.



Sokol1