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Offline earl1937

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Dead Engine
« on: July 20, 2013, 08:56:16 AM »
 :airplane: Sometimes in Aces High, we have to fly in "instrument" conditions, or at night time in special events. Lets say you are flying a B-25 or B-26, JU-88, HE-111 or any twin engine aircraft and you suddenly lose one engine because of battle damage or what have you. Which Instrument will tell you instantly which engine has quit?
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2013, 09:04:24 AM »

 manifold pressure


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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2013, 09:21:51 AM »
Manifold and RPM gauges and Heat gauge and Oil pressure
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2013, 09:52:09 AM »
manifold pressure
:airplane: That is a good answer, but not the correct one! When, in instrument conditions or night time and limited visibility, your attention is going to be with the flight instruments, not your engine instruments. The correct answer is the "ball" in your turn and bank indicator! If there are any reduction in power in either engine, the ball will move towards that engine! Now if you had your "flight director" or autopilot engaged, it would correct for the yaw produced by the dead or dying engine, but not hold it in most cases. But even then, the ball would still show you which engine has died or dieing. Now we are only talking about aircraft in Aces High, not the latest Boeing or Air Bus product, whole different world there!
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2013, 09:52:43 AM »
Manifold and RPM gauges and Heat gauge and Oil pressure
:airplane: Check previous answer!
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2013, 10:38:25 AM »
:airplane: Check previous answer!
umm duh!!! You get a flash light and look out the darn window :rolleyes:
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2013, 11:08:11 AM »
umm duh!!! You get a flash light and look out the darn window :rolleyes:
:rofl  :rofl  :rofl  if it's on fire, you don't need a flashlight...
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2013, 11:12:49 AM »
:rofl  :rofl  :rofl  if it's on fire, you don't need a flashlight...
Oh so very true :aok
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2013, 11:49:07 AM »
:rofl  :rofl  :rofl  if it's on fire, you don't need a flashlight...

That's funny right there, I don't care who you are.
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2013, 02:56:23 PM »
:rofl  :rofl  :rofl  if it's on fire, you don't need a flashlight...
:airplane: Hit the warning bell for 1 looooooong ring, snap on your chest pack and hunt the nearest exit hatch! LOL
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2013, 12:13:00 PM »
Dead foot, dead engine.
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2013, 02:50:21 PM »
Dead foot, dead engine.
:airplane: That is certainly true for sure, but if you are like me and everybody else who flew heavy iron, your feet are usually on the floor except for takeoffs and landings! The answer I am looking for is this: the "ball", in the turn and bank indicator, will move away from he dead engine as soon as it starts losing power, and towards the good engine because of the adverse yaw created by the power imbalance!
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2013, 02:52:18 PM »
:airplane: That is a good answer, but not the correct one! When, in instrument conditions or night time and limited visibility, your attention is going to be with the flight instruments, not your engine instruments. The correct answer is the "ball" in your turn and bank indicator! If there are any reduction in power in either engine, the ball will move towards that engine! Now if you had your "flight director" or autopilot engaged, it would correct for the yaw produced by the dead or dying engine, but not hold it in most cases. But even then, the ball would still show you which engine has died or dieing. Now we are only talking about aircraft in Aces High, not the latest Boeing or Air Bus product, whole different world there!
There is an error in this statement by me: The ball will MOVE towards the good engine!
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2013, 02:52:24 PM »
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Re: Dead Engine
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2013, 02:54:01 PM »
manifold pressure
:airplane: Manifold pressure would be my number 1 instrument to look at to see which engine was losing power, if you are in bumpy flight conditions, as the ball will bounce around in un-stable air.
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