Plane
Running Slow?
Throttle
set at 100% on joystick may respawn with 90%, check the HUD display, if still
reading 100%, see below:
Manual mix
or carburetor heat could be slowing you down:
To mix or not to mix and the penalty for hitting the
carb heat, "H" in CFS1 layout.
Took all the planes to
1000ft and recorded:
1. Maximum indicated
airspeed at level flight with auto-mix engaged, full throttle.
2. Maximum indicated
airspeed with manual mix on with mixture on full rich.
3. Maximum indicated
airspeed with auto-mix engaged and carburetor heat on.
Results are:
| Plane |
Auto mix, full throttle |
Manual mix, full rich |
Auto mix, carb heat |
| George |
301 knots |
298 knots |
267 knots |
| A6M5 |
254 knots |
250 knots |
241 knots |
| A6M2 |
246 knots |
242 knots |
233 knots |
| Wildcat |
235 knots |
232 knots |
221 knots |
| Hellcat |
283 knots |
280 knots |
272 knots |
| Corsair |
297 knots |
293 knots |
243 knots |
| P-38 |
277 knots |
273 knots |
265 knots |
Notice how the Corsair
drops 54kts when carb heat applied, can appear like the engine is blown. Be
careful when typing.
The only benefit from
manual mixing appears to be lower fuel consumption. Manual mixture
on with full rich at low altitude slows the plane 3-4 knots.
