Fuel control in lear

[vgbaron]

To be honest  , IDK if this was an issue before updating to the latest version but the fuel control switches for transferring fuel do not function for me. During a flight The wing tanks emptied while the others were full and the engines shut down. I tried fuel transfer but altho In got the proper icon the switches didn't move .

The fuel selector for readout of each tan functioned properly.

Have I missed something?

Thanx,

Vic

[ark]

27 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

To be honest  , IDK if this was an issue before updating to the latest version but the fuel control switches for transferring fuel do not function for me. During a flight The wing tanks emptied while the others were full and the engines shut down. I tried fuel transfer but altho In got the proper icon the switches didn't move .

The fuel selector for readout of each tan functioned properly.

Have I missed something?

Thanx,

Vic

Agree something seems to be wrong with the fuel transfer function. In P3Dv4.4 I can't get the center tank xfer switch to work. It does seem to work in FSX, however.  I will let FSW know.

Al

[vgbaron]

Great!  Thanx

 

Vic

[Flysimware]

Here is the fix until next update. Seems the cab file was an older date and we made some changes in the model so they did not match.

L35A_4.1A_FIX.zip

But the second issue where the switch does not move is something on your end. Al tested today and if he changes his default flight the switch worked. I never had this issue. So its still strange why 1 switch would not work because of what default flight you have. Maybe something to do with the default flight having different default fuel settings causing a conflict. So try changing your default saved flight.

[ark]

22 hours ago, ark said:

Agree something seems to be wrong with the fuel transfer function. In P3Dv4.4 I can't get the center tank xfer switch to work. It does seem to work in FSX, however.  I will let FSW know.

Al

I have found my fuel transfer switch problem in the Lear35 was 'caused' by my choice of default a/c. I was using the Commander 114 as the default a/c that would get loaded when P3Dv4.4 first started. I would then load whatever aircraft I wanted to fly at that time, such as the Lear35. When I switched to the F-35 or F-22 as the default a/c the problem went away. This is not the first time I've found the choice of default a/c causes issues for me. I seem to keep getting 'forced' back to using the F-35 or F-22 as my default a/c to avoid these type of odd problems. I've tried reinstalling the Lear35 and the P3Dv4.4 client but that didn't make any difference -- strange.

So, if nothing else seems to help, try a different default flight.

Al

[vgbaron]

15 hours ago, Flysimware said:

Here is the fix until next update. Seems the cab file was an older date and we made some changes in the model so they did not match.

L35A_4.1A_FIX.zip

But the second issue where the switch does not move is something on your end. Al tested to day and if he changes his default flight the switch worked. I never had this issue. So its still strange why 1 switch would not work because of what default flight you have. Maybe something to do with the default flight having different default fuel settings causing a conflict. So try changing your default saved flight.

I use the Cub as my default. If I load the Lear directly, it takes forever to start. Load the Cub first and it starts as expected. I'll try others.

Thanx,

Vic

[ark]

2 hours ago, vgbaron said:

I use the Cub as my default. If I load the Lear directly, it takes forever to start. Load the Cub first and it starts as expected. I'll try others.

Thanx,

Vic

I'd be interested to hear if trying a different default a/c, like the F-22 or F-35, makes any difference, especially given the simplicity of the cub.

Al

[Flysimware]

Aircraft usually do not take long to load including my products. What is usually slow is scenery. And usually the first time you load P3D from a first computer start is slow and after that is fast. It takes me less than 30 seconds for the Lear35A to load using V4.4.

[vgbaron]

4 hours ago, ark said:

I'd be interested to hear if trying a different default a/c, like the F-22 or F-35, makes any difference, especially given the simplicity of the cub.

Al

I switched to the F35 cold/dark without installing the "fix" above.

Start procedure works as expected

Fuel system switches and lights work as expected.

🙂  seems that was the problem with the switches.

Vic

[ark]

9 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

I switched to the F35 cold/dark without installing the "fix" above.

Start procedure works as expected

Fuel system switches and lights work as expected.

🙂  seems that was the problem with the switches.

Vic

Vic,

That's really interesting, glad I'm not the only one seeing this.  🙂  My default F35 flight is not cold and dark, but it seems to work fine so far.

You would think the cub would be as 'benign' an a/c as you could find to use as a default flight.  I find all this really strange, but I guess as long as it works.......

Thanks for the feedback,

Al

[vgbaron]

30 minutes ago, ark said:

You would think the cub would be as 'benign' an a/c as you could find to use as a default flight.  I find all this really strange, but I guess as long as it works

Exactly the reason I chose it. I had been having issues with some turbo's not starting properly so going to the cub insured all systems would be off.

Puzzling for sure.

Vic