Hey guys,

 

I'm really busy trying to get the PT Tu-154B2 to work, and to get the automatic stabilizer to work, I have to be able to calculate the CG% of the aircraft from the default FSX Fuel & Payload menu.

Does anybody know how to do this (may sound a little dumb or silly)?

 

Rafael.

It's pretty basic, either use the fuel/payload setting from the free flight menu,or call a fuel truck (whilst in a session) by pressing Shift+F.

The CoG is to the right of the fuel screen, which also shows a top down view of a plane. The CoG is represented by a box in the middle of the aircraft and moves based on the payload and fuel.

However, this is a visual representation and it does not give any number or percentages

Yes, that is what i ment. Because a little while ago i saw a video on YT (which probably has been removed), where you could read the CG in % off from the little figure in the FSX Fuel and Payload menu.

 

 

I thought it was like this:

the first '---.---' is 10%,

the first bigger '--------.--------' is 20%,

and the little stripes inbetween them are 2% of CG each.

 

Can anybody confirm if this is true?

I finally found it.

 

It's like this:

 

The center of the circle is at around the 12th knotch up from the top.

Then the calculation goes like this:

 

12/32x100 = 37,5%

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this is the total amount of knotches in the screen.