On xbox I miss more realistic radials in my hangar - stock Goose, Beaver and Dc-3 are build too much in God-mode style to give me enough satisfaction. What about Big Radials planes are they any better? Anything else? Which plane has realistic engine (and other equipment) operations and faliures (overheating, leaning, icing, electric, etc)? As for now I have dc-6 on whish list but still need some smaller one for bush trips. thx
The gold standard for radial engine management is the Denarq mod for the Asobo/Carenado Beech 18.
Edit: Oops, I didn’t take into account you are on Xbox. I’m not sure if anything in the Marketplace has the depth you are looking for, but you might enjoy the Wilga.
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The Big Radials Goose has engine failures. I’m actually not sure how to trigger them, I don’t think they’re random failures, but only under specific conditions.
I can’t recall if it’s on Xbox though…
Wilga from Got Friends has engine damage
I’d be interested in this too. I know the Wilga does, but I’m more interested in the Goose and Norseman from Big Radials at the moment. The Goose product page says:
engine failures, fire and smoke if you don’t look after them in flight!
But it doesn’t really mention anything in the manual.
Yeah it’s quite prone to engine fire if you push it at high torque for too long. Doesn’t take much! Caught me out a few times. Need to back off asap after take off.
Not sure I’ve seen the same in the Norseman though.
Yes Denarq does a great job as does the Duckworks for the DC-3. It’s a shame these mods aren’t available to everyone.
Agreed, I don’t believe the Norsemen does
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Yes again for the BR goose, as soon as you run the MP too high, it will grenade the engine after a few minutes and smoke out. You do have to respect and manage the engines. At least you can set up the fishing stool if you make it safely to water and not have to worry about mosquitoes. The stock goose stinks get the BR. I don’t think it has any random failures though. It’s an older model but a great aircraft, especially as you build confidence to manhandle it into tighter places.
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Looks like the latest update to the wonderful XF-11 from Flying Fries now features engine failures from high power out of time limits too.
Just fly it now, excellent tourer 
+ lots of toys and events on board 
If you are taking in general on big radial engines (and not the developer) than the PMDG DC-6 is modeled very well systems wise.
pending for sure
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Avatar on the forum showed whether users were on Xbox or PC right up front, instead of having to click on the user???
It would save soooooo much confusion and help users really help other users more effectively. So many people answer without checking which platform the user is on.
Of course, it wouldn’t matter so much if Microsoft actually created a fully usable freeware marketplace (“so much” being the operative term, since I imagine there would be other issues), but we’re not there yet, and it seems not even close, if ever.
Telling an Xbox user about products that are only available on PC just causes unnecessary confusion and frustration.
Again, all I’m asking for here is a little icon next to the users Avatar showing either Xbox or PC. Maybe even just add a green circle around the avatar if they’re on Xbox. Help us provide better help!
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I just did a test flight with the BR Norseman to find out if engine damage is modeled. Sadly it seems to not be the case at all. I did a 30 minute or so flight, mostly with max manifold pressure and max RPM. At least half of that was with the engine shutters closed. Temperatures went high, but nothing happened.
I also tried mishandling the engine in other ways I could think of. I flew with max MP and min RPM, max RPM and min MP, cycled both rapidly many times, all to no avail.
Now I’m sitting on the tarmac with the nose pointed away from the wind and max MP and RPM for the last fifteen minutes. Shutters are still closed. Oil temperature is now off the chart, cylinder head temperature is at 280 C. But the engine is running without any complaints.
Quite disappointing really. I actually like this plane, it’s a charming old bucket. But I would have thought that BR had given the engine the same treatment they did on the Goose.
I’ll try a few other of my favourite radials and will let you know if any of them behaves better.
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A bit off topic but totally agree. Not all profiles show the platform when you click the avatar anyhow so it’s kind of important and one of the best ideas I’ve heard that would really improve the forum.
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The one you are looking for is Ants Airplanes Winjeel. It is fantastic, with lots of system modelling, oil consumption, damage, state saving etc.
If I remember correctly Wing42’s Boeing 247D was available for Xbox too, isn’t it? Although it’s an abandoned addon by its dev and suffers several bugs, it’s perfectly enjoyable. With a steep learning curve, not only due the very well simulated complexities of the plane but also those bugs.
But after hours flying it, those flaws give it character. It’s the closest thing to fly a vintage plane with several broken gauges (literally) 
It’s a shame that it probably won’t work with FS24.
Did a few more tests in the meantime:
- GF Wildcat: no engine damage modeled as far as I can tell.
- SWS Nieuport 24 - I know, it’s a rotary not a radial. But I figured why not test it anyway: no engine damage modeled as far as I can tell.
- Blackbird Corsair: finally a module with modeled damage! Quite fun really, the engine pretty much bursts, props get stuck in place, and your entire windscreen gets covered in oil.
Doing a long range transfer flight with the Corsair right now. Once I’ve reached my destination I’ll try some more planes.
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I have FlyingIron Hellcat and Lightning, wander if Corsair delivers more then that? 
FlyingIron did pretty good job there… Did Blackbird beat it?