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(Funky) Engine question

249 Chaimber0825  1.8 years ago

How to make the engine change its power without the help of a throttle, but change it depending on the height?

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    210 DankeOlli

    You select the engine and open it's Overload. At the Top you should then be able to select "InputController from the drop down menu.
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    It should look like the picture above.
    In this case the engine activates at an heigt of >1000m and increases is power in linear fashion until it Reaches 100% power output at 10000m.
    In this case I used Altitude, instead of AltitudeAgl, wich gives me height above 0(Altitude)instead of height above ground(AltitudeAgl).

    *Edit: Looks like you cant attach pictures to Comments. Feel free to either checkout this Build:
    https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/3E0O6Q/Showcase-Engine-with-Height-Related-Poweroutput
    or this Picture:
    https://postimg.cc/1nMCQ36r

    1.8 years ago
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    @DankeOlli What section should I put this in? Didn't understand you a bit. Many thanks for the help!

    +1 1.8 years ago
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    210 DankeOlli

    You could propably use:
    Input= (AltitudeAgl/X)
    Asume X is the altitude (in meter) where you want your enginebto achive the highest power output.
    E.g. max Power at +10.000m the input of the engine would need to be "AltitudeAgl/10000".

    +2 1.8 years ago