G.50 CEM cold start? anybody?

[Blackdog_kt]

Just tried the G.50 today to see how the Breda guns do (another subject this one, but the guns on this bird rock), followed by some flying around in a Blenheim.

It seems that the air-cooled radials are very temperamental and highly susceptible to temperature changes (which is actually realistic).

For example, i broke the oil gaskets on the blenheim by enabling extra boost and adding some power (RPM first and throttle second) over the initial limits.

In the G.50, i throttled down to descend for landing, lowered gear and flaps and by the time i was in landing configuration and had to apply power to overcome the extra drag the engine started cutting out, running rough and producing inadequate power. I had something similar happen briefly during the sortie and i cured it by throttling up and closing the cowl flaps and oil cooler a notch or two (in a similar fashion, i had to apply some carb-heat to keep the blenheim running smooth at 8000ft).

It seems that while i was throttled down and watching the levers move in the cockpit while lowering gear and flaps, my engine was either shock-cooled or my spark plugs got fouled. In any case, i didn't have enough airspeed or altitude to recover properly and i made a hard landing about 700m from the runway threshold, clipping my right wing and one of the propeller blades.


For now it's quite fun to mess with things and try to discover how stuff works on my own, but i agree that some form of expanded documentation would be needed in the long run, perhaps as part of a future patch in the form of PDF files.

[Jimbosmith]

hey im just uploading a video showing my starting procedure, video will be up in a bit but i will add it to the thread below

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20321

[JG53Frankyboy]

anyone an idea how to stop the engine after landing ?

when setting the magnetos off, engine still running.
The fuelcock does still not reacting - not with the mouse in cockpit, not with a shortcut command.


my general observation in flying it is that you have to watch your mixture setting at different heights and powersettings.And, like all CoD radials, the engine temp above 200°. Than it flys like charm, slow but nice

anoying is till the aimingpoint of the sight and (at least by me) that the gun is still firing after i released the firing button (not helpfull with is low ammosupply of 350rpg and not working ammocounter)