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Post by circleman on May 19, 2009 19:42:50 GMT -5
great paints. I look forward to them in general release. Time to rebuild the AI connie fleet with the 1049. check my sig.
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Post by Radio Ranger on May 20, 2009 7:58:14 GMT -5
MANUAL LEANING --
I think everyone is missing my point. I am very familiar with the concept of manual leaning and have been doing it for years with Tom's old DC-6s using.
My issue is that there is a large zone of movement of the mixture levers where the tooltip (hovering the mouse over the mix levers) reads "AUTO LEAN". This is a large 'dead spot' in the lever range. When I attempt to move the lever to a more lean setting the mixture stays constant, then suddenly 'jumps' to an extremely low value that will not sustain combustion.
I'm wondering if this is because I have an old Connie panel gauge installed that had, in addition to an "AUTO RICH" zone, an "AUTO LEAN" zone also.
ROLAND - Clicking the AL in the status panel didn't do anything at all. Subsequent clicking of the SM button merely moved the superchargers back to LOW. The mixture stayed the same. Thanks for the input though.
VOLKER - When you retard the mixture levers manually from autorich, do you reach an autolean zone, or do your mixtures continue to lean out linearly?
Thanks guys,
Al
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Post by Ricardo Miranda on May 20, 2009 10:32:20 GMT -5
Hi Al! I think there is here some confusion! I think Roland was referring to your name! 1- Your problem is that you seem to have Automixture enabled on the Realism settings! Disable it for the Manual Leaning to work correctly. If it isn't, then: 2- You still have Auto settings enable inside the Panel. To toggle between Auto and Manual, You can do 2 things: a- Press with the middle mouse button or the scroll wheel if it has a click on the SM icon OR c- On the Status page, via right-click on the "tick mark" icon, you have a listing of the engines and tanks in use. At the end, you have the Blower and Mixture settings. You'll see the word "mix" on the last row. Clicking on it will toggle the Auto or Manual settings. In Manual you should see that the Blowers are "INOP" and you'll see the current setting for the mixture in percentage. In resume, what you are missing is enabling the Manual control of mixture! As you are in Auto, whenever you drag the Mixture levers they move from 100% to Auto Rich, Auto Lean and then +-14% to 0%. Hope this helps you! Soft Landings!
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Post by sunny9850 on May 20, 2009 11:30:49 GMT -5
Hi Al (name)
The clicking on AR / AL (in the status window) should switch the mixture mode to manual operation and then allow for fine adjustment for each engine. Since you typically do not start manually leaning until cruise we simply ignored the AR possibility in the status window and mentioned only the AL (auto lean).
Like Ricardo pointed out unless that switch is made your virtual FE is still controlling the mixture and if you move the levers out of the Auto Lean position you will get the result you describe.
Good tip on the middle mouse button though Ricardo....had forgotten about that.
Stefan
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Post by Ricardo Miranda on May 20, 2009 12:01:36 GMT -5
Hi! Thanks Stefan! Just a note: click on the word "mix", not on AR/AL. Have a look here: Soft Landings!
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Post by mjahn on May 20, 2009 14:55:45 GMT -5
Two items are in the upload pipeline to Flightsim as I write:
(1) L1049G_update - various fixes for the Super G base pack – landing and taxi lights, cowl flaps operation, weight specifications, and vacuum pump gauges, as reported in these pages. (7.5MB)
(2) The "Super H" Constellation a.k.a. "Husky", a convertible passenger/cargo version of the Super G Constellation. Included in the package are four models representing aircraft with and without radar noses and tip tanks. Textures include a 1967 Capitol Airways livery and a natural metal version (from the paintkit by Maarten Brouwer). Flight dynamics by Luis Pallas. (17MB.)
It usually takes a while for the files to be vetted by Flightsim staff.
Best, Manfred
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Post by Ricardo Miranda on May 20, 2009 15:02:54 GMT -5
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Post by connie1049 on May 20, 2009 15:07:28 GMT -5
Hi Manfred,
A big Thank You to the team and just in time for Harry's special request for a Sabena "Husky H".
Frank
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Post by volkerboehme on May 21, 2009 0:48:35 GMT -5
Hi Al,
manual leaning in FS is trickier than I originally thought and I must admit I was quite frustrated about it that I doubted the viability of the concept in FS altogether. But that was back then, in in the old days...
Automixture needs to be switched off, of course.
I usually click the 'best' Icon before take-off, that will set Superchargers to low and Mixture to 'Auto Rich'. I try to remember to adjust Mixture during climb by clicking on the 'best' icon. I don't do that for a while around the blower shift procedure for the reasons described above. I never tried to cruise in low blower yet, and I typically end up with initial cruise levels of FL180. If I am not totally mistaken, the mixture levers are in 'Auto Lean' by then. But looking at the status gauge, I still have a Fuel/Air-Ratio (FAR) of 0.085. I set supercharger and mixture to 'best' again before I start manual leaning. I set RPM to cruise setting and throttle to cruise BMEP, typically 165. Then I briefly press <Ctrl>-<Shift>-<F2> several times to lean manually. If BMEP drops too low, I press <Ctrl>-<Shift>-<F3>. Target value would be 150 BMEP, the status gauge shows FAR of 0.06 and a mixture setting of 15%.
If I feel I totally messed it up, I click 'best' again and start all over. But that hardly happens any more. Just a matter of trying a couple of times and using the status gauge might be helpful.
Best regards, Volker
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Post by sunny9850 on May 21, 2009 11:20:40 GMT -5
I don't think it matters in FS but for takeoff unless you are at really high elevation / density altitude for takeoff the mixture should be full rich. The fuel serving double duty for both combustion and cylinder cooling.
Cheers Stefan
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