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Fuel Capacity Adjust - aircraft.cfg

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Attempting to fine-tune a few aircraft in my fleet - trying to adjust fuel capacities to real-world specs.Can anyone advise as to the interpretation of the "numbers" in the "fuel" section of the aircraft.cfg files.Sample:[fuel]LeftMain= -1.800, -9.360, -1.500, 1058.000, 0.000RightMain= -1.800, 9.360, -1.500, 1058.000, 0.000Center1 = 0, 0, 0, 2313, 0Thanks,Ron

Hi,LeftMain= -1.800, -9.360, -1.500, = distances to c.g.(?)1058.000, amount, = gallons.0.000 = unusable fuel.etc.Jan"Procul Negotiis"

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Thanks Jan,When checking some aircraft sites, though - "real gallons" specifications (found on mfg. web sites) don't seem to match the default settings in FS9 for some aircraft. I was wondering if FS9 used a different setting - for some flight modelling reasons (weight), etc.And, can I assume that these "gallon" settings will transfer to "weight" in the loading settup - ie: if you change the fuel capacity - and enter that in the "loading" page - would assume FS9 will convert that to weight properly..... or is there another .cfg setting that would have to change along with the "gallon" setting ??Ron

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>When checking some aircraft sites, though - "real gallons">specifications (found on mfg. web sites) don't seem to match>the default settings in FS9 for some aircraft. I was wondering>if FS9 used a different setting - for some flight modelling>reasons (weight), etc.>>And, can I assume that these "gallon" settings will transfer>to "weight" in the loading settup - ie: if you change the>fuel capacity - and enter that in the "loading" page - would>assume FS9 will convert that to weight properly..... or is>there another .cfg setting that would have to change along>with the "gallon" setting ??>>RonThe manufacturer puts out a set of specs for the basic aircraft. Each airline can make changes to that configuration, adding more or less to the plane. Sometimes the designers of FS aircraft get their information for a plane from an airline information page and that's why you might see a different number.In the ".air" file for each aircraft there is an entry for the weight of the fuel for the difference between regular Aviation Gas and JetA.

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