Do 217 E-2 radiator glitch/bug?

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So in my Dornier Do 217 E-2 (all modifications researched), the first time I throttle it into WEP(only tested in Air RB) and as soon as the yellow oil temperature warning shows up, i.e. 85° C, I cut off WEP. But, the oil temperature seems to increase regardless and it climbs to ~90° C, and it then begins to cool down.

This “effect” only exists when I first throttle into WEP. If I again throttle into WEP (after the oil has cooled from the initial WEP throttle), and cut off the WEP right after the yellow oil temperature warning, the oil cools back down immediately. This effect can again be experienced if the plane lands for refueling/repairing/rearming or all of them on an airfield, if the engine is throttled to WEP again, the effect can experienced again (multiple times if the aircraft lands multiple times).

I’ve done extensive research (both online and offline), but didn’t find any players reporting this issue, nor is there any historical indication that the real aircraft had such issues. So, I’ve come to the conclusion, that this might be a glitch/bug. It could’ve been introduced in this update, or it was always there and no one noticed.

I haven’t tested this in Air SB, or with the modifications uninstalled. But nevertheless, it is a bug indeed, and should be fixed at once.

For the record, English isn’t my native tongue, so please excuse my English. Also, this is my first time posting in the forum, so I am unaware of the etiquettes of posting in the forum, so if you guys need any additional material, please do not hesitate to ask.

May your skies be blue, and your winds be low.
Ciao

-pROaBDUR

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The main question for me as interested 3rd party reader is how does this effect your combat performance?

Have in mind that gaijin nerfed the BMW 801 engine a while ago - so the main question for me as user would be if the overheating nerf for 190s (engine colors white / yellow / orange / red decrease over time) is totally different from your observations with the 217 E-2 or not.

I flew the plane in Air RB 24 times (15 victories just 1 plane lost-overspeeding) with an extremely defensive strategy - in order to test the C 250 & C 500 efficiency vs bases. I used MEC with 50% for both coolers and around 80% Prop Pitch whilst i was keen to to keep the temperatures always white.

So if you want to play this plane more often i recommend to use MEC (even whilst trying to reproduce your observation) and look if and how it works.

As a final remark:
Playing a bomber at BR 4.3 in Air RB is not recommended for rather new players as you need a hell of fighter AND bomber experience to get even near a base AND get out alive. I had a hell of luck - but also 5k hours experience in Air RB. In case you get really lucky and you land in a downtier on a 3 bases map - about 10 C 250s kill an airfield, saw this multiple times…

GL & HF!

Edit:

Found my strategy for the 217 described in ts thread:

PvE Mode for Bomber - #12 by Real_K_Soze

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It affects my gameplay in the weirdest way possible. Since this is a bomber, I need to climb. And in doing so, I happen to put the throttle to WEP, and scroll some reels (don’t tell me you haven’t done that). And I’ve lost planes to engine overheating, so this “bug” is no more than a minor annoyance. I constantly have to check the temps in this plane.

Furthermore, I haven’t noticed anything similar in the Fw 190s, the engine temps behave intuitively, although I do believe that I was able to be in perpetual WEP in some of the 190s, but that isn’t possible now.

Also, I don’t understand, why some of the bombers after the Me 264 in the tech tree has lower BR than it, weird innit?

Finally, why would Gaijin nerf the BMW 801 engine? Was that decision based on empirical data, or was it done just to “balance” the game?

Thank you for your time, writing a reply to my silly post.

-pROaBDUR

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Mate! Trying to climb in a bomber is essential. But it is even more essential to learn what happens when you enable WEP - as the whole topic circles around how gaijin has set up the parameters for oil and water coolers whilst you activated WEP.

I recommend to read this thread:

How does overheating and thermodynamics work in War Thunder Air-RB?

…explains the topic way better than i can.

The AutomaricEngineControl (AEC) tends to close all radiators when you activate WEP - that’s why almost all planes get overheating issues. By using the (imho mandatory) ManualEngineControl (MEC) your goal is to open the radiators to the point when you can use the so called “infinite” WEP. That means flying the whole time with enabled WEP without overheating. This allows you to have the benefit of the higher power output without the negative overheating consequences.

But radiators/coolers are not enough - in order to use infinite WEP you have to reduce in most planes the angles of your prop blades - PropPitch. Iirc ~80% worked well for the 217 E-2.

Go to youtube and search for MEC guides - Defyn & Adam TheEnginerd have a combined guide.

And no - i play on console and don’t watch vids whilst climbing. I observe the air combat, try to identify the most dangerous opponents, watch for openings and try to stay undetected.

The 264 started years ago with a BR of 3.7 in Air RB.

Long story - just read this thread:

FW-190 Nerfed Based on One Player’s Words – Where’s the Quality Control?

NP - the main purpose of a forum is to support each other.

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It is not, it is a strike aircraft

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This is a more concise Thermodynamics explanation.

Air RB - Thermodynamics Guide - Game Discussion / Realistic Battle - War Thunder — official forum

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