Author Topic: Best Engine w/WEP Cooldown  (Read 2073 times)

Offline Karnak

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Re: Best Engine w/WEP Cooldown
« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2015, 09:38:30 AM »
If I remember correctly the RAF limitations on WEP use was on a per flight basis, so if HiTech were very strict there would be no WEP "recharge" in British aircraft at all. Of course these WEP limitations were for the most part intended to maintain the service intervals of the engines to a sustainable level. There are examples/anecdotes of pilots running on WEP for far longer than they should have because they were in distress, and no one would blame them. After all the operational limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no limits. ;)
The same is true of American aircraft using engines that do not use an additive for WEP as well though.  P-40s, P-39s, P-38s and P-51s all had the same rules as Spitfires and Hurricanes.
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Re: Best Engine w/WEP Cooldown
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2015, 09:49:54 AM »
Then the only explanation I can think of must be that HiTech considers the British airmen more likely to adhere to regulations than their American counterparts!
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Re: Best Engine w/WEP Cooldown
« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2015, 07:28:17 PM »
Wepping out an A5-A8-F8 : it almost useless to recharge since at full MIL power, you have less than 20 minutes left in it.
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