Temperature Guide

[RPS69]

Originally Posted by Furio

If I understand what Pursuivant is saying, it makes sense to me. The same engine in different airframes can overheat in a shorter or longer time, depending on many variables, and can take shorter or longer time to cool off. Just think at the same M105 in the Yak or LaGG. But the critical temperature the pilot reads on the dial should be the same, I think.

True, on the point that the pilot will get the same reading, not true that they will overheat at the same reading.

Again, you will be reading the engines oil temperature, not the cylinders head temperature. The engine could be overheating before the oil reaches x temperature, depending on the airframe.
It could be simplyfied on the game, but not on the logic afore mentioned.
They coud make as a common assumption for the overheat to happen always at the same position of the needle, but change the times it takes to reach there on different airframes.
On reality, with the same engine, and different airframes, you should have different critical readings.
Reality will be reasonably well represented, simming won't.