Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Phoenix3107 on January 09, 2015, 06:54:38 PM
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Oil contrail still leaks after the indicator reaches zero lbs. Looking to get rid of that would be great.
Maybe setting the indicator restart to how much oil's left while its leaking out too(Only on engine prop stops).
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Doesn't mean the engine isn't still hot and expelling fumes via air intake. The engine would still smoke for a while.
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The indicator is not a quantity indicator, it's an oil pressure indicator that tells you how much oil pressure the pump is delivering.... If it's zero then you're out of oil. I agree to a certain extent that the oil trail should eventually disappear but it may take awhile, especially in aircraft that carry a bunch of oil like the P-47's.
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The indicator is not a quantity indicator, it's an oil pressure indicator that tells you how much oil pressure the pump is delivering.... If it's zero then you're out of oil.
That's what I meant about the indicator restart when oil is leaking. When the pilot is leaking oil and is still combat worthy, and decides to cut off the engine(meaning the prop stops turning), then restarts to spin it back up, the oil pressure should end where the remaining pounds are still pouring into the engine, until it reaches zero pounds. I'm saying that when the engine prop stops and restarts, the indicator charges up to the full amount of oil inside the plane, then drops to the remnant pressure left during the leaks.
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the indicator charges up to the full amount of oil inside the plane, then drops to the remnant pressure left during the leaks.
No. How is the oil going to refill mid-flight? Depending on the leak shutting the engine off many times does not stop the loss of oil (real life).