Opinions on engines lasting so long with broken cooling systems?

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by Bounder!

There is an entry on the bugtracker for this so if you think radiator damage and coolant leak is not being modeled properly you can vote for it here: http://www.il2bugtracker.com/issues/290

Done. Thanks, Bounder.

[JG52Krupi]

Yeah, this needs sorting!

[Skoshi Tiger]

Well it really would depend upon a lot of factors.

Where is the damage is an how much damage there is and how hard the pilot is pushing it.

If it's at the bottom of the cooling system all the coolant would drain out and the engine would die really quickly. If it was at the top of the system it would take a lot longer for the fluid to drain and the engine would go on for a lot longer.

Even though the Spitfire IIA had a pressurised cooling system if punctured it would still work like the unpressurised system in the Mk I as long as the fluid was still circulating.

There is a story about a Australian P-40 pilot in North Africa that was shot at during a straffing attack and his motor over heated so he landed. Seeing this a German motorised patrol went to pick him up. Before they got within range, the Australian took off and flew for a little while before the had to land again, By the time the persuing Germans got to his new position, the engine had cooled down enough to risk another short hop. Eventually he got over the front line and the Germans gave up and retreated. (The pilots name was John Waddy of 112 Sqrn)

So I guess the answer is "It depends"

[JG52Krupi]

LOL Thanks for the story skoshi that made me laugh!

[GOA_Potenz]

This is quite simple, grab your car/van/pickup/bike, go for a ride get the normal operation temps for the engine (in our vehicles we hava a thermostat) then when you are around 70º (normal operation temps) do a small pierce in the rad, as soon as the water pupms starts to move the water, the piecing will start to spit out the water with realy high presure, when the level of water is bellow the piercing you will see steam and depends the high of the piercing is the time before overheating you have, isn't much at all 30-40 minutes (this happens cause in a closed radiator system the water liquifides again in the radiator, when you have a piercing after losing it in liquid form you will start to lose the remanent as gas), now take this example to a plane that normal operation temps are around 80-86º just 20-14º below the boiling point in cruise mode (Combat mode 10-5º) as soon as you piercing the rad you will have almost no time before overheat due to what i describe above, and it happens to me driving in the country road when you go at top cruise speed, and there's almost no time to realize that you are going to blow the engine, if not pay atention on the temp gauge, so what we have now in game isn't properly modelled, should be revised by the devs and redone to real values

Reg

Potz