Engine Reliability and Manifold Pressure

[idonno]

Thanks.

Anybody know about the other question? Does the sim take rpm's into account when it comes to how long a bullet-damaged engine will continue to run?

I.D.

[Romanator21]

I'm not sure it does. I've had the "engine inoperable" message come up even if I turned off the engine some time before. RPMs matter however if your propeller governor is broken (sometimes characterized by a sudden surge in RPMs). If you over-rev the engine, it will die quickly.

[JtD]

It does. But it is not a major contributor. When the time is up, it is up. But you may kill the engine before the time expires by using high rpm.

[rpgielow]

Engine damage on IL2 series seems quite the opposite. Its like when you are hit that the game starts a countdown and your engine will lose power steadly and stop after a few minutes, no matter if you reduced power or not. So throttle up and fly back to you lines.

[K_Freddie]

Originally Posted by rpgielow

Engine damage on IL2 series seems quite the opposite. Its like when you are hit that the game starts a countdown and your engine will lose power steadly and stop after a few minutes, no matter if you reduced power or not. So throttle up and fly back to you lines.

Nahh boulderdash...
I've nursed a stuffed engine back to base many times, by treating it with TLC.