Hello folks,
Last night I was doodling about in the 109E4-N, trying to learn the beast a bit better.
At one point I got airborne, and flew up to altitude (~6.5km). I was pretty sure that I was keeping the RPM below the magic 2500, but I had been using the WEP a bit (to see what impact it made) so my ATA had been over 1.4 for a wee while at times. I had the oil radiator at about 35% and I'm not sure how much the other Radiator was open... but I'm pretty sure it was not closed.
After about 10 minutes the engine started shaking. I figure I blew something, but I'm not sure what, because I didn't have the damage information showing. There was also nothing venting out the back as a result of this.
Anybody have an idea what I might have blown?
The strange thing was, I was able to continue flying for at least 20 more minutes, without losing any speed, or without the engine completely failing after this. The only negative effect was the shaking, which was quite tolerable, I could even use the gun-sight quite well even with the shaking. It wasn't until I was over Hawkinge and I perforated the water radiator (flak) that the engine finally seized up.
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