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Sometimes a plane will get hit and start leaking white stuff but you don't get the "FUEL LEAK" message. Hmmm.......
On other aircraft, an OIL leak can be just as deadly as a coolant leak. Once an IL-2 starts losing oil it only has about 15 minutes before the engine seizes.
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Rgr, Ive noticed that on the odd occasion especially in a p40 u take 1 bullet in the general engine area, itll stop suddenly. I personally havent noticed coolant loss or sudden engine temp rises on the guages oh well, maybe i gotta pump more bullets in the radiators then in slow motion and see if it does anything (actually come to think of it, ive seen brown smoke come from the radiator sections of some aircraft (p40 especially) but its confusing whether or not its radiator or oil leak, thx for the reply Oleg
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I've read accounts that say the P-40 was considered more durable than the P-39.
In the P-40, the radiator is tucked up into the nose and somewhat hard to hit, but the P-39's radiator is mounted aft and has no armor protection. The feeling from the pilot's accounts was that the P-39 had more of a glass jaw than the P-40 did.
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The p-40 will take a huge amount of damage if its not a hit in the motor, I've had multiple 20mm hits to its wing and it will continue to turn fight. Unlike a p-39 where the wing will snap with a good shot.
Did anyone see that or was it just me?
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I have also heard people say that about the P51, Gates.
Thing is, the P40 Warhawk and P51 Mustang were both well built, solid aircraft. Their inline engines are indeed vulnerable and their achilles heel... But just because of the engine vulnerability, this does not mean their airframes are weak or they are not well-armored.
It is what I've noticed to be a somewhat common misconception... These airplanes were built so well they could approach 500 miles per hour indicated airspeed in a dive.
I am by no means saying they were Thunderbolts or something, but they were certainly not weak.
All an enemy fighter pilot has to do is aim for the engine, and you can disable it with even rifle caliber fire. I have a track of me shooting and disabled the P51's Merlin in short order with the 2 7.92mm of the Me109-E4, if anyone wants it. Ain't too hard at all. 
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Cool to hear something from Oleg:-)
I havâ´nt experienced that my engine gradually overheats untill it conks out. The only thing due to the engine is that my screen is oilsmeared and the engine sounds very bad stoppes instantly or after some seconds and that must be a hit in the engine.
As far as my shallow investigations in the reson for technical reasons for emergency landings and so on, a radiator hit was a very common reason for emergency landings.
I mostly fly ME109 any version so perhaps they arâ´nt included in the complex damage model.
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Bump.
Oleg, would it be possible to model engine temperature rise and eventual destruction? What about a message warning you when you get a "coolant system leak" much like the fuel tank:leak message? Or is this not possible?
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I have the same experience with the P40 it can take heavy punishment.
The lagg has a inline engine with the radiator under the wings, and the La has a radial if I got correct info and I have not the feeling that the lagg is more vulnerable than the lagg rather the opposite.
Perhagps has the engineers put so much protection to the radiators that they are immune to 12-20mm projectiles.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by zugfuhrer:
The lagg has a inline engine with the radiator under the wings, and the La has a radial if I got correct info and I have not the feeling that the lagg is more vulnerable than the lagg rather the opposite.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's because the LaGG-3 does not have a complex damage model. It's a known "bug".
All flyable aircraft are rumored to have proper complex DM's in the Aces Expansion Pack. Cross your fingers.....
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