I-16 Type 24 Engine Difficulties

[Akula]

Originally Posted by Gilly

It's because of the carb I.e negative G causes it to flood and subsequently fail.
Also to much WEP tends to burn the motor out on the 153 and 16 pretty quickly. Lesson to be learnt is fly a proper plane!!

"fly a proper plane" What do you mean, exactly?

[Gilly]

Tongue in cheek!
The 16 failed all of it's original flight worthiness tests and having seen one 'in the flesh' so to speak at duxford this year I could see why.....oh and it's Russian!!
Sorry am I being just a little too English!! Now where's my Spitfire.......

[Korsakov829]

I must have got 30 deaths playing Stalingrad on Simulator with it. A good plane in Arcade, but you have to get around the engine problems in Realistic or Simulator.

[vdomini]

Originally Posted by Akula

"fly a proper plane" What do you mean, exactly?

I have been told by a I16 pilot ( game pilot ) that you can avoid the negative G flood effect by cutting the throttle when you're takin them. Personally i have never tryed that "workaround", i don't like flying I16 pretty much because i think is not a good plane at all. But try it it might help. There is no perfect plane in the game but i don't like to have the I16's flaws by my side during combat.

Everybody knows about his tight turning ability, it can out turn all plane in the game ( maybe not the PO2, not sure lol ) so trying to chase him for too much in "turn fight" lead to a certain death but it have certain flaw, like its low speed and weak engine power that make it very easy to beat if opponent is flying a "proper plane" .



Oswald Boelcke ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Boelcke ) used to say:
"Speed: the pilot with the faster of two machines has control over the combat. He has the choice to break off combat and retire. The slower machine can not catch him. The pilot of a slower machine must stay on the defense. He can not run to safety. A fast moving aircraft can perform elaborate maneuvers, giving its pilot many options. A machine flying close to its stall speed can do little beyond wallowing in a more or less straight line..."


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