Loosing thrust

[johnbla 31]

Hi

All of a sudden I am having a huge problem with my thrust (I think) in P3D v4.

I load the default flight, then switch aircraft to the default Baron. I take off OK but after a few minutes I seem to loose all power and just keep descending. My throttles are at full and also my propeller speed is at max. I have plenty of fuel and the yoke and trim wheel are working OK. Even when I turn the autopilot on the aircraft will not keep it's altitude. I have even had the engines turn off in mid flight.

I deleted my P3D.cfg but that did not help.

I don"t really want to uninstall and start over again, but I am pulling my hair out to discover what is wrong.

Any help is very much greatly appreciated.

Thanks

John

[n99wb 10]

Mixture?

[johnbla 31]

Thanks n99wb, but I have auto mixture ticked. I just noticed that just before it happens, both my fuel flow gauges go to zero. Anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? Many thanks.

[aeronauta 66]

You probably have some control or switch mapped to the fuel cutoff.. have a look at your assignments..

 

Jorge

[johnbla 31]

Thanks Jorge. I have no fuel cutoff in assignments. If I just sit on the tarmac and touch nothing, the engines cut out after a few minutes. Very frustrating. If anyone has any ideas, they would be very welcome.

Thanks.

[n99wb 10]

All planes or just the Baron?

What happens if you tick "unlimited fuel" in realism settings?

What does your fuel flow look like?

N99WB

[johnbla 31]

Hi N99WB

Thanks for the help. It happens to all planes. I ticked unlimited fuel and the engines turned off by themselves after about 4 minutes. I just hope that it is something simple and I don"t have to re-install.

John

[ricka47 611]

I had an issue with my Saitek throttles where, for some reason, all I could get was 86%.  Hover over the throttles when you have them at 100% and see if they really are at a 100%.

[n99wb 10]

Check your "Failures" settings.  Maybe a timed engine failure has been armed.

N99WB 

[503Kento 11]

What part of the world are you flying in?  You could be suffering carb icing, try turning on carb heat. 

[johnbla 31]

Thanks for the help guys. My throttles are at 100%. No failures are set and I am flying in Australia.

Do I have to switch fuel tanks or something like that? I have been flying for years and never had a problem like this.

Thanks.

John

[n99wb 10]

Plug your controller into a different USB port and re calibrate.

Create a new flight, with the Barron, from scratch, at a different airport.

Hit OK.

Bring menu bar up.

Check Vehicle==>Fuel/Payload.

In the 2D cockpit, click the thrust quadrant icon to show your tank selector settings.

Start the engines with Ctrl-E.

Bring the RPM up to 1200.

Sit and watch fuel gauges, fuel flow and tank settings.

Good luck!

N99WB

[johnbla 31]

Thanks N99WB.

OK, I did all of the above. When I start the engines, the mixture controls goes to 100%. After a few minutes the mixture controls drop to zero, and immediately the fuel flow drops and the engines cut out. I had automixture on, then I turned it off and the engines still cut out.

To my way of thinking, it must have something to do with the mixture but I cannot understand what it is. 

Any help gratefully appreciated.

John

[vgbaron 3,496]

Go here and rename the standard.xml file and see if that helps.

 

user\username\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Controls\Standard.xml

 

Vic

[sparkie66 81]

Easy fix, just tighten it back up again.