Over-revving the FW 190 D9 1945

[Woke Up Dead]

Originally Posted by Derda508

Sorry if I join here with a 'noobish' question, because I don´t fly these birds too often.
I tried to find out in the manuals, but could not find an answer. I remember that somebody in the thread linked above, once mentioned something like: "I turn on MW50 before engine start and then don´t touch it again." I also remember to have read that it should be turned on before you start the engine, because it only kicks in when you go full throttle. (which would make its use impossible for airstart missions). As far as I understand you talk here about turning MW50 on during flight. What´s the correct way?
And how can you override the Kommandogerät with manual prop pitch? If I try to do this in German planes just nothing happens.

Best,

DerDa

It's OK to turn on MW50 when the engine is on already, but it has to be at low throttle and low RPM. I'm not sure how low exactly, but you will be OK if you reduce throttle to 0%, wait two or three seconds for the RPM to drop, then turn on MW50 and increase throttle.

There is a key for turning the automatic pitch control off and on in the game's Control section, it also works for turning off auto-pitch in late-war Spitfires. Read Bolelas's posts above about tapping they keys to reduce prop pitch even before you turn Kommandogerät off, otherwise pitch will be at 100% when you first set it to manual.

[Derda508]

Thanks a lot, Woke Up Dead!
I´ll give it a try as soon as I find time.