Flying and Skip Bombing the Blenheim on Cockpit Instruments

[ElAurens]

I reduced fuel to 50% and had 4 250 pounders in the bomb bay.

I took off with 1.1 to 1.2 lbs boost as far as I remember.

[JG53Frankyboy]

the allowed rpm in game are much lower than in the real manual.
at start , using fine ( 100% ) pitch, i try no to go over 2300rpm, 2400 only for a very short time, if at all.
as soon as possible i set my pitch to around 25-30%, these settings between itscfull fine and full coarse pitch.
i btw set flaps at take off. hopefully the blenheim will get its full variable flapsettings and not only these full down and up as it is now in game.

[jimbop]

Yes, the allowed RPM are too low. It is also too sensitive to temperature - you should be able to take off with closed radiators and I certainly cannot do this.

However, I can still reliably take off and have a blast (literally!) without worrying overmuch about the temperatures or RPM. See below my takeoff procedure (note that there are annotations which don't seem to work on mobile viewers).

The only time this has failed in the last 20 takeoffs was when I forgot to open the radiators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8mB-IguM8

I'll link to my level bombing guide tomorrow. Still uploading...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Excellent mate.

Maybe we could call this 'Advanced Take-off procedure'!

Looking forward to the bombing guide. I need it.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Looking forward to the bombing guide. I need it.

Here you go, Dutch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkNXa9lJfs

[Blackdog_kt]

Brilliant job. Has the temperature modeling been touched up in a recent patch? It seems much easier to warm-up now than what i'm used to, even with the accelerated warm-up method that i also use (throttling up to get the temps to rise faster).

I think i'll reinstall today on whatever remaining space i have on my surviving hard drive

[theOden]

Wonderful Mr. Dutch!
I'll install Steam again and give the Blen another try!

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

Brilliant job. Has the temperature modeling been touched up in a recent patch? It seems much easier to warm-up now than what i'm used to, even with the accelerated warm-up method that i also use (throttling up to get the temps to rise faster).

I think i'll reinstall today on whatever remaining space i have on my surviving hard drive

Goodbye exam preparation! I can't comment on whether it is easier since I have only attempted this aircraft on the current patch. I think it is still not correct (see ElAurens' thread) but not unflyable by any stretch. I really like this plane!

[ElAurens]

As both both the Blenheim and Fiat G.50 suffer similar cooling issues, independent of their overall performance issues, I'm tempted to think there is a global problem with cooling, or air density, etc...

Hence you can have the rads on the water cooled aircraft open all the way, all the time, with no loss of performance or worry about coolant temps getting too low.

[DUI]

Thanks for the information on the Blenheim - quite enjoyable to fly this plane!
Basically, the first time that I have played on the red side on ATAG.

Level bombing will be my next challenge. So far I am already happy to keep the Blenheim in the air.