T-6 high altitudes

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DatDudeMIC
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T-6 high altitudes

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How do you engage the supercharger to fly at 10,000 feet?
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gulredrel
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There is nothing to engage. The supercharger is always driven by the engine. I think it's a single stage single speed supercahrger.
You only need to open the throttle to get the manifold pressure you wan't which the engine can produce at a certain rpm in combination with it's supercharger.
At ground level, open up the throttle to max will overboost the engine (manifold pressure being more than ambient air pressure, to which an non supercharged engine would be restricted).
Going up higher, the supercharger helps to increase manifold pressure, otherwise it would be restricted to ambient pressure and you would lose power far below.

Check the manual, I think there's a better explanation how all this works.
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Hi,

I believe there is no direct control of the supercharger in the P&W R-1340 engine. It should be a single-speed centrifugal type supercharger mounted behind the engine. :wink:

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