Hi all, just got back into Aerofly recently and I have found the Learjet to be the bird that I fly the most. I'm wondering about the fuel load though... is there any way to use the fuselage tank. With just the wing tanks you are really limited in range. Anything I can do?
Learjet Fuel Load
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Hello Nick - in lj45.tmd, starting at line 500 there are descriptions for the fuel tanks.
//fuel center shows the Fuselage Fuel Tank has a Mass Full of 1228.3 and a Fill Level of 0.0
//fuel left shows the Left Fuel Tank has a Mass Full of 761.12 and a Fill Level of 0.8
//fuel right shows the same numbers as fuel left.
I would try changing the Fill Level of the Fuselage Tank to 0.8 as well. ***IGNORE THIS - Didn't change indicated Fuel on Board***
Hope this helps
MikeW
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Hey Mike, fancy seeing you here. OK so I gave that a go and I can fill the wing tanks properly now. As for the fuselage tank, you can put fuel in it but it seems that the sim doesn't recognise the fuselage tank but it recognises total quantity. If you put fuel in the fuselage tank, the fuel transfers very quickly to the wing tanks and sends the needles off the top of the screen.
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Well, a partial victory I suppose. Thing is, can you now fly to a greater range than before?
ATB
Mike
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I think the issue with the fuselage fuel tank is that the fuel transfer doesn't stop when the wings are full. At the moment the wings spill the excess overboard.
We'll rework the fuel system at some point anyways
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Hello Jan, thanks for your quick response
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Well, a partial victory I suppose. Thing is, can you now fly to a greater range than before?
ATB
Mike
Slightly greater range. The tanks were about 80% full already. Maybe another 30 mins at an economical cruise.
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I think the issue with the fuselage fuel tank is that the fuel transfer doesn't stop when the wings are full. At the moment the wings spill the excess overboard.
We'll rework the fuel system at some point anyways
It seems to overfill the wing tanks. The needles are up on the next screen . But yeah, a fix for this would be much appreciated otherwise you're kind of on Lear 25 economy
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You could also increase the MassFull property of the tanks, then you obviously get more fuel for the same fill level state.
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You could also increase the MassFull property of the tanks, then you obviously get more fuel for the same fill level state.
Yeah I could do that I guess but I'm a sucker for realism so I'll just run a shoddy operation with no center tank until a fix presents itself. Thanks for the help