4.11 General debugging

[Luno13]

I just made tests and I have no issues with the jets. Make sure to increase power slowly. Too fast and the engine will catch fire.

Also, I tend not to add more than 80% power, to avoid overheating.

Acceleration is slow, and jerking the plane off the runway won't help. I pull back on the stick just enough to raise the nose. The plane will roll on the main wheels until it's "ready" to fly, and will lift off on its own at the right speed. Raise gear immediately, lower the nose to accelerate and raise flaps in increments.

[Fall_Pink?]

Originally Posted by Luno13

I just made tests and I have no issues with the jets. Make sure to increase power slowly. Too fast and the engine will catch fire.

Also, I tend not to add more than 80% power, to avoid overheating.

Acceleration is slow, and jerking the plane off the runway won't help. I pull back on the stick just enough to raise the nose. The plane will roll on the main wheels until it's "ready" to fly, and will lift off on its own at the right speed. Raise gear immediately, lower the nose to accelerate and raise flaps in increments.

Luno13,

Manually there will be no problem with any jet I guess and I think it's the auto pilot that messes it up some how.

I tested the he162 'rapid strike mission' with auto pilot enabled for take off. I checked a couple of times and nearly all of them crash into the hillside.

Please check if you get the same behavior with this mission.

Rgs,
Mark

[JtD]

The Heinkels indeed crash, but it already happened in 4.09. Do you know the last version it worked with? Overheat in 4.11 came too quick for some jets, but this was corrected in 4.11.1 and should no longer be an issue. I haven't seen one catching fire on take off, yet.

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Originally Posted by JtD

The Heinkels indeed crash, but it already happened in 4.09. Do you know the last version it worked with? Overheat in 4.11 came too quick for some jets, but this was corrected in 4.11.1 and should no longer be an issue. I haven't seen one catching fire on take off, yet.

I did not test it with 4.09, so I can't confirm that.

I tried the misison on 4.11 + hotfix and 4.11.1 only. With both versions they crash into the hillside. I'm not sure if overheating has been fixed for jets yet when auto pilot is in control. The overheating warning appears too early I guess.

To check overheating and autopilot behavior, I did some other tests with other fighters as well (Do335-v13 and La7 from single mission section all with AP enabled) and they never seem to overheat. Not during take off and not while they fly their waypoints. In this mission La7 never overheats, and if it does then only during engaging enemy fighters and for a very short duration.

With the Do335 mission, it reached 550 IAS all along it's waypoints and an overheating warning message never appeared.

I can't assess if this is 'real' or not. I just find it weird that some planes, when flown by AP do not have any overheating issues, while some others have them so quickly.

Rgs,
Mark