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Jul 17^th, 2003 at 8:40am

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Hi everyone

I don't know if this is a glitch or I'm reading the gauges wrong, or theres an error in the aircraft I downloaded?

I'm flying a B727-200, I set the fuel to 75% left center and right, this gives a total of 40,648 Lbs of fuel. When I start the simulation the left and right gauges both read 102 (x1000) surely this means I've got 204,000lbs of fuel? ??? or is it 10.2 x 1000 and they've omitted the decimal point?

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Reply #1 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 8:56am

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Well, this goes over MY head. (Maybe it's just early.) lol Anyone else?

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Reply #2 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 9:55am

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i've had a similar problem with a helicopter before, and i find out that the fuel gauge needle would not move until i had spent like 75% of my tank

maybe it's the gauge that's reading wrong, that seems to happen when you use fuel gauges from other planes

i'm not sure if that's the same problem you're having....

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Reply #3 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 10:08am

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I got annoyed with fuel gauges enough that I went and found specs for range etc that I could find,worked out fuel consumption,adjusted the Aircraft file and now fly on pounds/hour and time.

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Reply #4 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 11:51am

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I think it's just the way the sim calculates and reports fuel load. So, I don't pay too much attention to it.

On long hauls, I usually use my C-5. The fuel load on that is so large that it really doesn't matter. I'll only change the fuel settings to simulate different cargo loads, anyway.
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Reply #5 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 1:54pm

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Hi

Crazy fuel Tongue

I looked closely at the fuel gauge it says 102, the number 2 seems a little smaller than the 1 and the 0. So I think their reading 10.2 x 1000Lbs lef and right = 20,400 lbs (plus theres 20,000 in the centre tank, which you don't have a gauge for ???) so 40,000 lbs of fuel would be correct.

All I need to know now is how you move the fuel from the centre tank to the left and right tanks - anybody.

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Reply #6 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 2:04pm

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Wouldn't that be the crossfeed switch?

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Reply #7 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 2:38pm

hiflyphil Offline
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Dunno, I'm afraid of buttons I don't know about, I'll have to check.

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Reply #8 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 2:55pm

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That would be the Cross Feed switch. (x-Feed).

But not all panels have that switch on them. I know I'm probably blowing the hell out of authenticity, but I seldom include a x-Feed switch in any of my panels.

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Reply #9 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 3:10pm

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Attention on deck, there will be no Christmas for Fish for the next three years.

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Reply #10 - Jul 17^th, 2003 at 5:21pm

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Phil,

Glad you figured out what the fuel gauges were telling you!!!

Sounds more like you are trying can change the fuel capacity in each tank, which can be done by editing the Aircraft.cfg file, but in your case I would discourage it. The Boeing 727 typically has three fuel tanks: left main, right main and center. By eliminating the center tank and transfering the fuel capacity to the wings, you will be distributing the fuel weight away from the center of the aircraft, hence making it more difficult to control. The .air file accounts for such changes in weight distribution.

I recommend looking for a gauge or a panel with a gauge that measures three tanks.

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