Hi guys, I am back
First of all, I am sorry because it took more time than I expected. Ok, so let's start
1. Historical data:
2. My test (conditions: alt 1000m, prop 2500 RPM)
a)
P-47D-40 Power (throttle) setting | Boost in Poncho's cockpit | Boost in Oleg's cockpit
IDLE | 29 | 18
30% | 32 | 21
50% | 36 | 25
70% | 42 | 32-33
90% | 50 | 40
FULL | 60 | 51
b)
P-47D-10 Power (throttle) setting | Boost in Poncho's cockpit | Boost in Oleg's cockpit
IDLE | 29 | 20
30% | 32 | 25
50% | 36 | 30
70% | 44 | 35
90% | 50 | 40
FULL | 52 | 45
3. Summary: unfortunatelly everthing shows that the Manifold Pressure Gauge in Poncho's Cockpit works wrong
It is badly overmodeled and it doesn't reflect the real thing. That gauge in Oleg's cockpit (the ugly one) works much better, espacially at low throttle settings, but it still needs some correction at full throttle setting (in both D-40 and D-10). If you are still not convinced, just watch this movie taken from the cockpit of the real T-bolt and observe it on your own. The Mainifold Pressure Gauge is well visable and it is readable during different parts of a flight (take-off, climb, cruise, landing) or taxiing.
I hope that somebody will do some fix for Poncho's beautiful cockpit.... I suppose none of us would like to come back to fly in Oleg's ugly one.
IMHO, the quickest solution of the problem (but not the best one) would be allowing the guage to work like in the old cockpit.