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DESPEREAUX

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DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« on: November 27, 2020, 07:34:58 AM »

I launched one mission here, and immediately saw two problems.
The first is that as soon as I start the aircraft engine in the DOF, it immediately starts to throttle on its own at 100 percent.
 Even the brakes don't help.
I tried disabling difficulty settings but it didn't help :(
And the second is the transparent tail on Fokker.
More details in the screenshots.




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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2020, 08:20:42 AM »

Hi Despereaux,

the first problem is that several aircraft are designed in the game to run only at full throttle as they are rotaries (eg the eindecker), so I assume you have tried one of them. If so, you cannot change the throttle setting, just use magnetos to reduce speed as we have no blip switch (which was relatively rarely used IRL anyway as it fouled the plugs). Unfortunately this is because of a common misconception about rotary aero engines - most did have methods to alter engine speed - see the interesting read below:

https://www.historynet.com/the-truth-about-rotaries.htm

What I do with rotaries which altered speed by changing the firing order (Gnome 160hp - see the article), is disable throttle slider, but set keys on my joystick to different engine power, which is closer to how the real things worked. Usually I set them as follows:

Key1: 100%
Key2: 60% (cruise) - most aircraft lose height with this setting - I tend to use it on landing approach
Key3: 30% (taxi) - 20% works on some aircraft, you just have to experiment.
Key4: 10% (idle)

Aircraft in the game which used this technique (there may be a few more);

Morane-Saulnier G
Morane-Saulnier AI
DH2
NieuportN4
Nieuport 28
Sopwith Scout
Sopwith Pup (Home Defence aircraft only)
Avro 504 (Some)
Camel (Some)

Yours,

Clive
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DESPEREAUX

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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2020, 08:32:46 AM »

Hello cbradbury!Thanks!
Perhaps this is one of those planes.
I just looked that the engine of the bots was running at low revs, so I decided that I should have the same.
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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2020, 09:30:44 AM »

Thanks Clive  ;) Unknowingly, I took it for a bug.
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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2020, 10:45:49 AM »

AI is not affected by this as this is a java feature and AI is using simplified FM settings.
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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2020, 10:48:35 AM »

AI is not affected by this as this is a java feature and AI is using simplified FM settings.
Thanks. I understood.
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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2020, 01:26:42 PM »

Thanks for this post because I found the same thing and thought it was a bit of bad aircraft modelling.

I started the engine in a Sopwith, shot across the apron and smashed into a hanger. I did it three times before I gave up on it.

Now I know what's going on .   Thanks for that
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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2020, 04:24:48 AM »


And the second is the transparent tail on Fokker.


But this is a problem.
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Re: DOF aircraft Full throttle at the start.
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2020, 05:44:02 AM »

pilot bubble clipping. I don't think I will get to work on any DOF planes for this update. Maybe next time.
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