IL2 Birds of Prey: Hints, Tips, and FAQ's Thread

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Originally Posted by xNikex

Well, I've never had my enigne overheat for no reason anyway. It only does it if I take engine damage and use WEP for 5-10 minutes straight.

I did it on purpose the other day and killed my engine at 8,000 feet and managed to land safely.

I was testing the other day to see if using WEP too much affected the engine, flying level at 1500ft with WEP running for at least 15 mins. I got bored and then went and shot down a few planes on the dover mission, then went back to full WEP again at 1500ft for a while and was still topping out at the same speed. As far as I could tell, this had no effect on the engine. This was in Realistic though, so dunno if it's different in Sim.