When operating in cold weather, it’s better to not turn on the engine if it has not been warmed up before. The IO-520 may not even turn on when the temperature is below 3-4 °C (37-39 °F).
If you manage to make it start, you may damage it. The CHT would rise too much is a short period of time. Nevertheless, the oil would be too thick to lubricate the engine.
But…we have a solution for that!
Update v2.0.3 for the C210 is now available
The C210 is now updated to the latest v2.0.3 version of REP. This is not only a maintenance update. It introduces a new algorithm to calculate the CHT and the oil temperature. So you should get a more realistic warmup
Update v2.0.3 for the F33A is now available
The Bo is now updated to v2.0.3. After some days of acquiring feedbacks from the users, we built a little update that fixes mainly two issues: The cowl flaps lever that did not work when moved with themouse wheel The
The Reality Expansion Pack for the Bonanza F33A is available
We’re very happy and proud to release the Reality Expansion Pack for Carenado’s Bonanza F33A. It took hours and hours of work but finally we can say it’s ready. It’s packed with all the things that made the same package
REP at 40% off on X-Plane.org
The Blackfriday sales are just started on store.x-plane.org. The Reality Expansion Pack is available at 40% discount until monday!