Engine swap suggestion for accusim

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Engine swap suggestion for accusim

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I've read a lot about how airlines back in the days dealt with the Constellation and her maintenance needs...

They had a lot of spare engines, or better said, freshly overhauled, before faulty engines to swap on an airplane when there was any doubt about the condition of an installed engine.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have some spare engines, each one with it's own history, to put on the airplane and hope that they will do better than their predecessors?

Just an idea ... I love the a2a universe already. Currently enroute to Wien-Schwechat with the Lufthansa L-049!

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I think this would be an amazing option!

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In effect, that is what you do when you "overhaul" the engine. Even though everything is "100%" they will each wear individually each time you hit that button.
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The Accu-Sim airplane in development atm is planned to come with three engine options, that can be changed in the maintenance hangar :)

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Scott - A2A wrote:The Accu-Sim airplane in development atm is planned to come with three engine options, that can be changed in the maintenance hangar :)

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You mean the A2A Aerostar? :lol: :D

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Blitzer wrote: You mean the A2A Aerostar? :lol: :D

Ah... I see what you did there... :)
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Scott - A2A wrote:The Accu-Sim airplane in development atm is planned to come with three engine options, that can be changed in the maintenance hangar :)

Scott.
Ford Tri-Motor? :)

Enough with the teasing.

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Scott - A2A wrote:The Accu-Sim airplane in development atm is planned to come with three engine options, that can be changed in the maintenance hangar :)

Scott.

Well, I won't be able to sleep at night, wondering what this could be... You're a cruel man, Mr Gentile :lol: :lol:


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Interesting! A couple of options for guessing game. :)

1) It is an airplane model that has been produced with at least three engine models, with little or no other differences in between them.

2) It is an airplane model that has several fairly common STCs that change the engine (like some Cessnas).

3) It is of some artistic license instead, fusing more different models/variants into a single simulation.


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I guess it's the Spitfire Mark IX. We already know that A2A has created a Spitfire Mark IX for Airtech Simulation. And Lewis said a while ago that, if possible, they would like to release the Mark IX for the home market as well.

It also fits with Scott's statement as there were three main versions of the Mk IX: The standard F.IX used the Merlin 61, the LF Mk IX was equipped with the Merlin 66 for better performance at lower altitudes and the HF.Mk IX was produced using the Merlin 70 engine with an improved performance at high altitude.

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I hope you are right, Tim! And that Airtech Simulations FB page is very intriguing.
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The Spitfire MkV was also powered by different versions of the Merlin. Various versions of the MkV had a range of engines from the Merlin 45/50 series, for different specialised applications including high and low altitude versions. So could also be that.

Then again, there are heaps of GA planes that were powered by different engines too. Planes such as the Model 35 Bonanza, Piper Arrow, Rockwell Commander, Cessna 310 and Cessna 337 all had engines of different sizes and power, with turbo and non-turbo options available, so could also be one of them.

So still lots of planes to speculate over what might be the next release, but at least the list of possible subjects is a little shorter!!


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At the risk of starting something, THE LANCASTER could be argued to be powered by three different engines! RR Merlin, Packard Merlin, Bristol Hercules.

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Or it might be a Manchester that hasn't quite matured yet......
;)

Or an S6B .. THEY went through about three engines a day ...

BTW, I could say that the Boultbee IX model is great fun to fly.. (I'm helping Richard with that sim) ... but that would just be cruel...and I'm not, by nature.. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Just to be clear, the new Accu-Sim airplane has STC's to allow three different engines to be installed :)

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