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Engines dieing at altitude
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 2:00 am
by abradshaw01
I'm finding that both engines die if I go anywhere above 12,000 feet above the ground and immediately start back up if I drop back down to a lower altitude. Do I need to redownload or is this a coding issue, or what?
Re: Engines dieing at altitude
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:08 pm
by sking06
Same problem. No one has an answer?
Re: Engines dieing at altitude
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:38 am
by JonathanBleeker
Mixture settings? This was before the automixture tech I developed for the FG-1D Corsair.
Re: Engines dieing at altitude
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:50 am
by LJToranaXU1
Ensure the fuel pumps are switched on, you should have no problems with engine cut out above 12K ft if they are on.
Re: Engines dying at altitude
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:08 pm
by sking06
LJToranaXU1 wrote:Ensure the fuel pumps are switched on, you should have no problems with engine cut out above 12K ft if they are on.
<blush>RTFM. If I had I'd have known that the book says to use fuel pumps above 12,000'.</blush>
In RL the engines certainly wouldn't have cut out or recovered at exactly at that altitude, but a good Lightning pilot wouldn't know that anyway if they'd turned on the pumps climbing through 10,000 as recommended.