Author Topic: what is WEP (Read 308 times)

Dingbat · « **on:** September 20, 2002, 10:06:25 AM »

What is this?

john9001 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 20, 2002, 10:17:36 AM »

WEP= war emergency power, boosts engine power output past safe operating limits, shortens engine life

jonnyb · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2002, 10:18:31 AM »

WEP stands for War Emergency Power. It allows you to add more power to your plane's engine for a limited amount of time. IIRC, the P-47 used a water injection system to accomplish this. Other planes had other methods.

In AH you press the "P" key to enable WEP. It will cause your engine to heat up. When your engine reaches critical temperature, WEP shuts down automatically to avoid seizure. You can also shut off WEP manually by again pressing the "P" key.

Dingbat · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2002, 12:32:42 PM »

Oh cool, i could theoritically use it to help get that fat boat called the lancaster up faster right?

jonnyb · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2002, 01:00:29 PM »

You could...except the lancaster isn't equipped with WEP.

akak · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2002, 04:17:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Dingbat
Oh cool, i could theoritically use it to help get that fat boat called the lancaster up faster right?

WEP is usually only found in fighters, with some attack planes also having WEP but bombers don't have it. There are even some fighters that don't have WEP, not sure which ones but I think they're the Soviet planes.

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