Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: StokesAk on July 26, 2009, 06:17:22 PM
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How come when your in a fighter with more than 1 engine when you shut the engines off the props stop spinning and it takes longer to restart them opposr to a 51?
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The game automatically feathers the propeller on multi-engine aircraft like the P-38.
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How come when your in a fighter with more than 1 engine when you shut the engines off the props stop spinning and it takes longer to restart them opposr to a 51?
Ive never noticed that!
The game automatically feathers the propeller on multi-engine aircraft like the P-38.
Good to know!
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Didn't know that either!
So on 1 engined aircraft, it won't feather, thus creating extra drag and ruining your engine?
Btw, lol on your avatar Stokes :lol
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On single engine aircraft I don't believe you can truly feather the prop, however if you do reduce RPM's just before the engine dies I think it will reduce the drag that the windmilling prop creates and let you extend your glide distance, I brought a P-39D in from a ways out a couple weeks ago with a lucky bounce over some beach obstacles, I don't think I would have made it otherwise.
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You don't need to do it before the engine dies.
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If you go straight vert and shut your engine off before you stall the engine will feather and stop.