September 9, 200520 yr Hi Guys,Just wondered if someone can give me an explanation as to what the Engine N1- N2 Sync switch does on the Peregrine Overhead panel and also the Engine Ignition Switches.Do these actually work? and what is their function?Just curious..........!Regards John
September 10, 200520 yr Donny AKA ShalomarFly 2 ROCKS!!!In real life no two engines put out an equal amount of power for a certain position of a throttle lever. The sim has perfectly synchronised engines, so the engine synch switches don't do anything. The N1 and N2 are for high and low altitude ops I assume.Do you mean autoingnition? It lights the ingnitors to prevent flameout when power in an engine drops to a certain level. Esecially on takeoff a slug of water from a puddle can get in your engine, but it would have to be some pretty heavy rain to be a problem in midair. This can work with or without ice protection, which forces the air coming into your engine to turn sharper than ice and water usually can, at ~15% loss of power. I got tired of killing engines every time I wanted to practice and did extensive touch-and go's with these protections off in conditions they definitely should have been on in, but no failures. So except for Jean's ATR-42-500, engine ice protection is not modeled.Of course, piston engines don't have autoignition switches, the spark plugs have to fire or else!Best Regards, Donny
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