Cold oil temperature

[FireRescue85]

Hey guys,

In the 377, there is a feature where if you click the oil under the aircraft loading panel (shift+4), it acts as if warm oil was just added to the engines and raises the temperature to about 70 degrees. This is helpful when you are doing a cold start in very cold temperatures, as the ground crew would have heaters on the engines to warm the oil. Does anyone know if this is modeled on the B-17G?

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
I will have to test it , i know you have OIL DILUTE sws on the copilots side near the filters , and i know on shift 4 you can click on the oil for topups , but never noticed if it warms it or not.
regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
Just fired up FSX , set B17 in cold an dark at PANC in a winter weather scene , engine oil temp guage read -3 , went to the shift+4 , hit the engine oil button , rechecked engine oil temp it was about 75 , so yes it does change the oil and warms it up.
regards alan.

[FireRescue85]

Awesome, that's good to know. Thanks for doing the test Alan, due to my work schedule I haven't had time to fly lately. I usually have just enough time to check these forums for a few min every couple of days lol.