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How do you get more power out of propeller engines?

32.9k AntiSphere  8.4 years ago

I just did a speed test and engines that should get the plane to go about 400 mph only got it to 160. Is there any way to get more power from your engines?

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    I know I'm too late but here's some tips I found out


    -Engine HP (power not health)
    -Size scaling
    -Stack multiple engines

    6 months ago
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    32.9k AntiSphere

    @ChiChiWerx yes that would work but this is for when I build replicas and I need a certain size, width, and diameter

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    30.3k ChiChiWerx

    Sorry, I'm going to ask the stupid question: have you tried more blades, longer and broader blades?

    +1 8.4 years ago
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    1,705 Vantage

    Angle the blades on the prop or mod an engine

    8.4 years ago
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    1,261 Ambarveis

    @AntiSphere Yes modding the HP does make it go faster (sort of), don't forget to mod the max RPM too, no use having all that power but unable to spin.

    There is a limit tho, once you have a hyperfast spinning propeller the engine just explodes (even with set max RPM) so modding the blades to be a bit larger helps too.

    8.4 years ago
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    32.9k AntiSphere

    @General360 does xml modding the horsepower of a propeller engine increase its power? because if thats the case i might learn how to xml mod stuff and do that

    8.4 years ago
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    32.9k AntiSphere

    @General360 This is for my replica P-61 so i dont actually have very much options on how to increase power

    8.4 years ago
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    32.9k AntiSphere

    @DisferGoatz Oh. Well they are already maxed out and are scaled a bit too. But i dont know how to xml mod them so someone else would have to do it

    8.4 years ago
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    16.1k DisferGoatz

    XML modding. Or if you don't have the props max set, then set it to max. The smallest one goes up to 1000HP, the ww2 based goes up to 2000hp, and the turboprop goes up to 3000HP. You can modify the HP of any of the three.

    8.4 years ago