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Offline wil3ur

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2018, 03:07:58 PM »
It's really not an issue if you use it as it's name implies, in an emergency.

I can't remember the last time I ran out of WEP in a plane.    :old:
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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2018, 06:25:33 PM »
Ack Ack is correct.

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2018, 08:09:49 PM »
It does...but why?  If you really want WEP, and the game disallows it through re-arm, a player will just end their sortie and take up a new plane. WEP restored.

Maybe it's just a miss on HTC part?  I really don't think HTC would intentionally limit a players ability to have WEP available simply because you rearmed your airplane. If it does, it's a bug - or if it's intentional, this is a Wishlist item.

Either way, someone who wants it should post it in either/or/both places, not here so that HTC and Skuzzy can give it the attention it needs.  I'm indifferent as I rarely live long enough to rearm.  :D

Beats me.  Frankly I thought the unlimted WEP with a temperature limit was fine for the Merlins.    Made sense.    This is just........well.........arbi trary I guess.   :headscratch: 
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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2018, 09:02:36 PM »
I think the OP wants to be able to rearm and have WEP even if ENY subsequently increases and would normally prevent him from reupping a Temp. So maybe the gameplay concession is a good thing. No need to have Temps hording.

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2018, 09:15:38 PM »
  So this is a game and not a simulator..... I get It.

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2018, 10:22:55 PM »
Yes. It would take much longer to rearm than 30" in real life

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2018, 02:04:45 AM »
  So this is a game and not a simulator..... I get It.

This has always been considered a game and as such game play concessions need to be made. 
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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2018, 04:33:57 AM »
But still weird that american merlins have better Wep than british merlins despite being the same engines..
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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2018, 07:13:38 PM »
Actually, the tolerances of the american merlins were more consistent in the ability to swap parts and not have to spend much time machining parts that should be interchangeable......but weren't.

It's one thing that america gave back to rolls royce.

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #24 on: March 08, 2018, 07:38:35 PM »
Actually, the tolerances of the american merlins were more consistent in the ability to swap parts and not have to spend much time machining parts that should be interchangeable......but weren't.

It's one thing that america gave back to rolls royce.
Still doesn't explain the difference.  Spitfire Mk XVI uses and American Merlin but follows the same British WEP rules.

There are also numerous accounts of British Merlins being run far beyond the limits in the pilot's handbooks.

I expect it is due to the different language in the pilots handbooks between the US and UK planes.
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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #25 on: March 11, 2018, 11:04:21 AM »
 So more fantasy and less realistic simulator.

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2018, 11:05:08 AM »
It would be nice to have someone with actual intel on My question to weigh in.

Offline wil3ur

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2018, 11:46:28 AM »
Wep is. Not required to win fights
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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #28 on: March 11, 2018, 12:38:54 PM »
So more fantasy and less realistic simulator.

Werent you asking for a digital rate of climb indicator on your HUD?

Make up your mind...

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Re: Loss of WEP after Refuel.
« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2018, 02:18:23 PM »
Fly a Yak and it's not an issue.