Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: earl1937 on July 20, 2013, 08:56:16 AM
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: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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manifold pressure
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Manifold and RPM gauges and Heat gauge and Oil pressure
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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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Manifold and RPM gauges and Heat gauge and Oil pressure
:airplane: Check previous answer!
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:airplane: Check previous answer!
umm duh!!! You get a flash light and look out the darn window :rolleyes:
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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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:rofl :rofl :rofl if it's on fire, you don't need a flashlight...
Oh so very true :aok
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: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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: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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Dead foot, dead engine.
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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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: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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Cntrl D
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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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I was going to go with whatever ear the engine sound is no longer coming from. :D
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manifold pressure
MP in theory will go to whatever the outside pressure is.
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What happened to dead foot dead engine?
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What happened to dead foot dead engine?
:airplane: If you were in "bumpy" air, as in clouds or around thunderstorms, dead foot, dead engine wouldn't mean a whole lot! My practice was, in smooth air, ball in turn and bank, first look, in "bumpy" air, manifold pressure was first look. Either way or in any conditions, if you lose 50% of your power, its a bad situation, but can be handled with proper procedures.