i need some complex engine management tips (spitfire and hurricane)

[klem]

Originally Posted by zapatista

the sim just became playable for me since the last beta patch (touch-wood, baring any unforeseen new show-stopping bugz i have yet to encounter), so time to dust of the old HOTAS

i need some complex engine management tips for the spitfire and hurricane, but cant find any in the original pdf manual (? right), what i have figured out so far, to get aircraft started
- open fuel switch
- magneto on (seems to be by default for the hurricane, is this a bug ?)
- radiator open
- mixture to lean
- prop pitch to fine
- throttle set to idle
- fire engine up, and should idle then

then wait to see temp rise to around 30%, and from there start to taxi with low throttle setting (by the time i taxi to the runway the engine is fully warm),
- then turn mixture to rich for takeoff (and then only use lean setting for higher altitude flights).
- keep prop pitch at about 85 for most normal flight (except at 100$ during takeoff)

have i missed anything, or are there any bugs in the spitfire or hurricane that prevent this correct use ?

Mixture to Rich (lever to the rear) but the pre-patch Spitfires had the control and cockpit graphic reversed so you had to put it fully forward for Rich. They may have fixed that though, I haven't tried the Spit post-patch yet.

btw, pre-patch the magnetos switched themselves to 'On' when you pressed start, they shouldn't but they did (do?).

A salmo says you can leave the radiator closed until it warms up - but its surprising how often we forget to open it before take-off

Currently you can taxi safely at RAD temp 40 but don't take off or apply any real power until 60C.