Blenheim Mk IV start up ?

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Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Maybe they built the field on the side of a hill?!

Me, I gave up and allowed the plane to turn into the wind and took off that way, just missing a couple of houses in the village down the hill.

Very hairy experience!

But it was to no avail, the starboard engine gave up the ghost after only a few miles.

Nor did I succed in a previous attempt to taxi to the other end of the runway and turn around.
The engines gave up before I could get there. This was after going to the shops and making a cup of tea whilst the engines warmed up, but they still hadn't got above 40 degrees oil temp and midpoint on the CHT.

I've also tried different throttle settings for each engine, different prop pitch for each engine, but nope, engine failures every time.

As an aside though, what is the necessity for carb heat?
I thought this was only used to prevent carb icing at altitude, or in very cold weather.

A little trick i do (i dont have a quadrant or duel throttle) is when i rev up to 100% with both engines then quickly select engine 1 then drop that to about 50% throttle then select both quickly and put the prop pith down to about a third (seem to cool it, im already rolling at this point) then push forward while keeping straight until the tail comes up then select engine 1 and send it to full throttle, then select both again for the flight out!

I think you've deff gotta get the oil temp above 40 though cos it feel rough and over revs if you havent :/