December 31, 20178 yr Do the fuel gauges work? I've not tried going on a 500nm jaunt yet , but I would have thought that a recent flight where I used 10% of the fuel would have shown on the gauges. What I failed to do was rotate the fuel switches to the yellow, straight & level positions. Could that be an issue? Thanks. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
December 31, 20178 yr 58 minutes ago, HighBypass said: Do the fuel gauges work? I've not tried going on a 500nm jaunt yet , but I would have thought that a recent flight where I used 10% of the fuel would have shown on the gauges. What I failed to do was rotate the fuel switches to the yellow, straight & level positions. Could that be an issue? Thanks. Regards the fuel switches, it is possible to do an entire flight without moving them from the "off" position. Oy vey, this is one of 2 or 3 my biggest issues with the this model. Even the most basic systems are wonky. Likely your theory is correct. My MSFS 2020 repaints: Flightsim.to - Profile of HStreet Working on MSFS 2024 versions.
December 31, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, HighBypass said: Do the fuel gauges work? I've not tried going on a 500nm jaunt yet , but I would have thought that a recent flight where I used 10% of the fuel would have shown on the gauges. What I failed to do was rotate the fuel switches to the yellow, straight & level positions. Could that be an issue? Thanks. Can't you set the fuel tanks to 1/4 full for example and see what the gauges say? I believe you can manually set the fuel quantity in FSX or its SE version. JJ Jean-Jacques CYND, Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
January 1, 20188 yr Author Thanks guys! I forgot to mention, this is the latest version (2.1 I think) as I only bought it last month. Henry, if I leave the switches in the red (off) position then the engines will not start. This is useful when I shut down the front engine to taxi on the ramp - I can engage the starter so the prop stops in a more favourable position. Jean-Jacques, yes I can set the amount of fuel via the FSX:SE fuel/payload menu and the gauges display that amount. I am not sure if the gauges actually show any fuel usage whilst in flight. Edited January 1, 20188 yr by HighBypass FSX version Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
January 1, 20188 yr ". . . I am not sure if the gauges actually show any fuel usage whilst in flight." Set the aircraft on autopilot and let it run for an hour or two! JJ Jean-Jacques CYND, Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
January 1, 20188 yr Author I think I will have to do just that, JJ! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
January 1, 20188 yr I fly this craft a lot and the fuel gauges do work ...... it just gets incredible fuel mileage. It takes some time for them to drop from full but they do eventually get to empty.
January 1, 20188 yr Fuel gauges work in the 1.x version for me (I haven't tried 2.x yet), and using the fuel tank selector correctly reflects in the tank usage.
January 1, 20188 yr Author Yes, they do I did as JJ suggested, got the Skymaster airborne then set the autopilot, went & had a meal, came back, needles had dropped. Good mileage indeed with the fuel flow in the green arc. Tell me, just for clarification, if someone would. Does it matter where the fuel switches are? I did have them set to the yellow sector, but would it matter if the switches were left in the green (T/O & Land) position? Incidentally the engines do falter and stop if you turn the switches off in flight. Thanks everyone. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
January 2, 20188 yr In the sim it doesn't matter. In reality you would want to keep both tanks being used, even if one engine has a higher fuel consumption, that's why you would switch to both.
January 2, 20188 yr It might all depend on how you have the flight sim set up. If you have unlimited fuel in settings the gauge may not work at all. Dick FSX Deluxe Edition SP1 and SP2, Win 7 Home Premium SP1, Intel Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67 GHz 2.66 GHz,10 GB RAM, 64-bit Operating System
January 3, 20188 yr Author Hi Dick, No I don't use unlimited fuel. Some of the planes I like to fly can stay in the air for hours as it is on full tanks! Thanks for asking though Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
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