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!
The sim keeps crashing when I load my REP powered airplane
The crash is most likely caused by SASL. Some users reported SASL-related crashes on Windows 10 as well on El Capitan (see this post by Ben Supnik). To fix the problem you must update SASL to a newer version: Download
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
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!
REP Update: v2.0.1
We just released a small update of REP that moves the package to v2.0.1. It’s a small update that was needed to fix some bugs. The main fixes are: The walkaround checklists were not shown correctly on small screens In