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Hi all,
I was wondering why there was the minor oversight of somewhat accurate radiator/plumbing damage in inline engines. It would seem to make sence that if you took a bullet in the radiator there would be glycol spewing out in steam, the engine gradually overheating and finally seizing up. Just curious as to why that wasnt modelled S!! Oleg and Team, the BEST SIM OUT THERE IS THIS ONE......BAR NONE
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Hi all,
I was wondering why there was the minor oversight of somewhat accurate radiator/plumbing damage in inline engines. It would seem to make sence that if you took a bullet in the radiator there would be glycol spewing out in steam, the engine gradually overheating and finally seizing up. Just curious as to why that wasnt modelled S!! Oleg and Team, the BEST SIM OUT THERE IS THIS ONE......BAR NONE
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I have written a lot about this. The aswer I got was this type of damage is excluded in FB. Maddox must have a good reason if they put energy in making the sight-dimmer on LW-aircrafts they must have a very good reason for excludning such a common reason for battledamage as a hit in the radiator
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i guess its cause all the ponys would drop like flies lol
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Did Bf 109s or Spitfires have shutoff valves so that you could isolate one side of the radiator?
Seems like a smart thing to do if a plane has already got 2 radiators. That way if one side is punctured you can limp home on the good side without losing all your prestone.
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109 had it in the design, not sure if pilot could do it tho in the production ones.
i belive he (oleg) said it was too complex to do
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Seems to me that the effects of radiator damaged are already simulated by general engine damage. My point is: although radiator damage is not modelled, I can reasonably guess that there is an additional chance of a general engine problem occuring after a hit on a liquid-cooled engine. If that is so, even though you have no "radiator" leaks, the negative effects on the engine are already there and modelled: loss of power, increased engine temperature, eventual engine failure. You just don't have the program differentiating between "engine damage" and "cooling system damage".
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cosmokart:
Did Bf 109s or Spitfires have shutoff valves so that you could isolate one side of the radiator?
Seems like a smart thing to do if a plane has already got 2 radiators. That way if one side is punctured you can limp home on the good side without losing all your prestone.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I know the Bf109 G2 could isolate and control the radiator systems on each side manually (including opening, closing radiator and shutting down system). I would assume that it was possible for other 109s to do this, but since radiator damage does not seem to be modeled in game, there would be no point to this feature unfortunately 
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by WUAF_MJ_Prop:
Hi all,
I was wondering why there was the minor oversight of somewhat accurate radiator/plumbing damage in inline engines. It would seem to make sence that if you took a bullet in the radiator there would be glycol spewing out in steam, the engine gradually overheating and finally seizing up. Just curious as to why that wasnt modelled S!! Oleg and Team, the BEST SIM OUT THERE IS THIS ONE......BAR NONE<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
With the planes with complex damage model it is modelled. But not modelled visual effect(don't remember, some I think has visual effect)