August 28, 20241 yr Something I've been trying to figure out is when you need to engage the supercharger on the Duckworks DC-3. Is there a certain altitude when this is necessary? I *thought* I had read at was 5,000ft, but I really don't know. Anyone know for sure. Or at least care to share how they use it when flying?
August 28, 20241 yr DC3 how to use the Blower - User Support Hub / Aircraft & Systems - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums Not big help, but.... One of the "pilots" says he manually sets it above 8000 feet. Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 28, 20241 yr Hi bahnzo, according to the MAAM sim R4-D check-list of the FS9 era, the "High Blower" was switched ON climbing through 10 000ft (and switched OFF descending below accordingly). Hope it will help, Francois Francois Mavel
August 28, 20241 yr As you climb you should need to advance the throttles to maintain a set manifold pressure. At some point you will hit the endstops and if you continue to climb the manifold pressure will beging to drop (I think). This is when you should switch on the superchargers, (or move to the 2nd stage) In the PMDG DC-6 this is modelled well. You'll need to back off the throttle so that when you engage the superchargers it doesn't over boost your engines. I'm not sure if the Duckworks actually does this but thats the way it's supposed to work. This YT vid explains it nicely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CQ9fDbKMas&list=PLGEyJ3_yISBtktA6Hv-QyUszEeGJa03iV&index=12 Jim Edited August 28, 20241 yr by Domestos
August 28, 20241 yr Author 11 hours ago, jcomm said: DC3 how to use the Blower - User Support Hub / Aircraft & Systems - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums Not big help, but.... One of the "pilots" says he manually sets it above 8000 feet. I've read that in my searches, but I always have to use it lower. I do a lot of flying where I live here in Colorado, and I've been using it even on takeoffs at fields ~5,000ft. As I'm typing this I don't have the sim open, but the red line on the manifold I think is 42in, and I can never hit that for takeoff unless I use the superchargers. Which is why I wanted to ask....my experience seems very different from what I've read. 8,000 or climbing thru 10,000, etc. So I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. It's such a different plane to fly from even the usual GA craft I fly, which is why it's so enjoyable IMO.
August 28, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, bahnzo said: I've read that in my searches, but I always have to use it lower. I do a lot of flying where I live here in Colorado, and I've been using it even on takeoffs at fields ~5,000ft. As I'm typing this I don't have the sim open, but the red line on the manifold I think is 42in, and I can never hit that for takeoff unless I use the superchargers. Which is why I wanted to ask....my experience seems very different from what I've read. 8,000 or climbing thru 10,000, etc. So I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. It's such a different plane to fly from even the usual GA craft I fly, which is why it's so enjoyable IMO. No, its a very different situation I guess, operating at Cruise settings vs on Takeoff from high alt rws specially under low density altitude. Thanks you for your interesting indo regarding operations from Colorado !!! Colorado was some 20 years ago one of the states of the USA I dreamed of visiting 😁 as well as back in the good old ATP rev D and then Airline Similator 2 times... Edited August 28, 20241 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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