Solo training in hurricane?

[Moggy]

Thanks for replying KP, I'm using the default ingame keys which are 5 and 6.

[kingpinda]

Originally Posted by Moggy

Thanks for replying KP, I'm using the default ingame keys which are 5 and 6.

Hmm weird. You may found a bug. Or the default bind keys are at fault. When you look in the control page is 5 set for open and 6 for close? and if so if you press 5 ingame the radiator closes instead? if this is the case then it must be a bug. I'd go with the incockpit reference though. I THINK i have flown all the time with radiator open. 1 mission with full power heavy dogfighting and my engine didnt blow up.

[Moggy]

Now the really weird thing when the panel is set to closed, if you go on externals you can see the radiator is open. When the panel is open, the radiator looks closed.

[Les]

Originally Posted by Moggy

Now the really weird thing when the panel is set to closed, if you go on externals you can see the radiator is open. When the panel is open, the radiator looks closed.

I just saw the same thing for the first time when I was flying a couple of minutes ago. I could be wrong (and probably am), but I think what you're seeing on the externals is the air intake opening and closing. So, when you see the air intake is 'closed' at the back, the radiator itself is now having the air directed into it, so therefore the radiator is 'open' or being cooled.

In terms of applying controls to it in game, I had to tick the reverse setting to make my buttons match the indicator in the cockpit.

Anyone know if there's an in-cockpit indicator for the oil radiator too, or doesn't the Hurricane have one?

[klem]

The mixture is bugged, Rich=Lean and Lean=Rich. Set to Lean (as seen in the cockpit) for Rich. To check this you can open an information window - Alt+Right Click IIRC - and select Engine for Info, it will show you 100% when it really is Rich and 0% for Lean. My friends also tell me the Radiator is reversed too. Haven't checked that myself as I fly with Engine Temperature effects off while I get used to it (Luthier's recommendation).

[Moggy]

Originally Posted by Les

I just saw the same thing for the first time when I was flying a couple of minutes ago. I could be wrong, but I think what you're seeing on the externals is the air intake opening and closing. So, when you see the air intake is 'closed' at the back, the radiator itself is now having the air directed into it, so therefore the radiator is 'open' or being cooled.

In terms of applying controls to it in game, I had to tick the reverse setting to make my buttons match the indicator in the cockpit.

Anyone know if there's an in-cockpit indicator for the oil radiator too, or doesn't the Hurricane have one?

Isn't the oil radiator/cooler mounted centrally in the radiator itself, so when you operate the radiator controls you're also operating the oil cooler?

[Les]

Originally Posted by Moggy

Isn't the oil radiator/cooler mounted centrally in the radiator itself, so when you operate the radiator controls you're also operating the oil cooler?

Could be, I really don't know much about this stuff, was just asking while I was here and we were talking about Hurricanes. I guess the separate oil radiator control must be for other planes.

[Moggy]

I have a confession...I cheated and looked in my Haynes Hawker Hurricane Owners' Workshop Manual. This text is from the Hurricane Mk.II pilot notes (The Hurricane Mk.I pilot notes is very similar in what it says);

Radiator Flap Control – The airflow through the coolant radiator and
oil cooler is controlled by a lever (26) on the left hand side of the
pilot's seat. In order to release the lever for operation the thumbbutton
must be depressed.