In cross country mission with full bomb load in blenny
Engine heat managment is crucial
You have to be warm enough for power, but get too hot and your engine blows.
Oil temp is not a problem
Its them dials over your right shoulder you have to watch
also starting the engines sometimes takes a few goes (CEM)
I ALWAYS start the port (left) engine first, the reason is it is less needed for takeoff
The strbd (Right) engine has to use a bit more throttle and if you start it first it can overheat.
Tapping your brakes full left rudder will keep you inline until your fast enough for your control surfaces to work.
Stupid to keep tapping your brakes whilst trying to speed up I know, what can I say it just works.
once your rolling and tail up slide the prop pitch a bit coarser to reduce your revs
Wheels up and throttle back to save engines ASAP
once airborn it flies quite nice, 210mph level @sealevel, loops easy. rolls 360 in about 8-9 secs
If you plod along at about 75% power, coarse pitch (not quite full coarse) nothing will ever blow, shes good as gold, just watch for clouds and be ready on your heat buttons.
Landing is so easy flaps, fine pitch,throttle back just drive her into the ground and flare late.
Im actually wondering if whilst flying this bird if you were attacked from behind/below by 109 you could loop it giving your top gunner an angle and I maybe with the 109 proppitch problems could it get a shot at you ? would like to try that sometime.
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