Questions about four XP payware planes

[Jimmy RFR 406]

Do you mean that the SMS Beaver is much better than the aerosoft BeaverX ?

 

In my opinion, yes, by a wide margin.

 

Although the Beaver X was a great release in it's time, It's a long ways from the best 3rd party releases these days.  In addition, it's really only equipped with default FSX systems, which although they do the job, they aren't very in depth at all.

 

The SMS Beaver looks great, but it also shows quite a bit of depth to it's functionality, with things like a working (and fun to use) fuel wobble pump handle for example.

 

I know I displayed my bias towards DHC stuff above, but if you at all like classic bush planes, the SMS Beaver is a must have.

 

I can't wait to fly it in FSX/P3D as well...

[jfri 42]

 

 

But to answer your actual question, just like in real plane, leaving throttle on max setting won't cause problems right away. But just like in real life, the temperature is rising and once it reaches the critical level, it may cause the engine failure.



Two screenshots I made for you just now:



http://i.imgur.com/ccSPCIN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4n3OHS5.jpg

 

So in the SMS Beaver trying to run the engine at max power will make it fail ?! From the BeaverX manual I see that running it at max power more than a minute would make it unreliable. What did you do to accomplish the result in the second pic ? I tried it in the BeaverX at max power for about 5-10 minutes without success.

[Morrigan 90]

 

 

What did you do to accomplish the result in the second pic ?

 

I left the engine running at max power for few minutes, so the temperature has risen above the safe level which resulted in an engine failure. 

[jfri 42]

I left the engine running at max power for few minutes, so the temperature has risen above the safe level which resulted in an engine failure. 

 

I can tell you that I have purchased the SMS Beaver for X-plane (my first payware plane for XP). I didn't get the engine on fire by running at max power but rather the engine just stopped when the engine overheated. And in order for this to happen it seems I had to fly on lower altitudes. When climbing to higher altitude the engine didn't overheat even when power was set to max.

[mdavis 10]

If this was a truly realistic simulated aircraft, you would have to buy another copy if you trashed the engine, or at least pay for an overhaul.  :smile: