January 15, 201610 yr Commercial Member 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... Jim Stewart Milviz Person.
January 15, 201610 yr Author 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.jpghttp://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.
January 15, 201610 yr 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.
January 17, 201610 yr Author 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.
January 19, 201610 yr 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: i7-4790K o/c @ 4.8 GHz, Corsair H-110 liquid cooler, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM, MSI Maximus VII Hero mobo Samsung Pro 512 GB SSD Corsair GFX Hydro GTX-1080 8 GB, (2) 4TB hybrid HDs Win 10 (1607), X-Plane 10.51r2 and X-Plane 11.01b1
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