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Electrical and fuel.
Apr 14th, 2011 at 9:27am
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Hi. I've been looking in the manual and searching here in the forum too, but cant find anyting.

The details of the 707 is amazing, and I can't be sure if it really works or it's there just for kicks. The circuit breakers in the top behind the overhead panel, some of them are popped out. Does this circuit breakers actually have a function or is it just an animation to raise the realism? Any of the two is cool no matter what. This is just curiosity.

The other thing I wonder is the fuel system. When i do a flight in Air Hauler I can't choose what tank the fuel will be in, so every time the fuel is in tank 2 and 3. When more is needed the centertank is filled up. I haven't made any flight that are long enuff were I need to fill up all tanks.
- On ground: I have fuel in tank 2 and 3, tank 1, 4 and center are empty. When I begin the engine startup the center tank pump are the only fuel pump switched off. I start engine 3 first or at least I try. Engine 3 don't ignite until I shut off the pumps in tank 4, wich is empty. Now I only have the pumps in tank 2 and 3 on, the tanks that contain fuel. Next I'm airborne.
- In the air (picture): In cruise altitude I noticed that there are no fuel pressure in engine 1 and 4. This and all the valves have to be open to keep the engine running, except for the reserve wingtip tanks. In the picture you see to the right that all the engines are running fine, at the same time the fuel press in 1 and 4 is zero. This is in cruise about 1 h and 20 mins into the flight.

Well, it works why bother. That's true, but it dosen't look right too me. It would be nice to know what it is.

Have I missed or overlooked something?

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Re: Electrical and fuel.
Reply #1 - Apr 14th, 2011 at 4:09pm
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Hi Kjetl.

The circuit breakers in the top behind the overhead panel, some of them are popped out. Does this circuit breakers actually have a function or is it just an animation to raise the realism? Any of the two is cool no matter what. This is just curiosity.
As far as I know, the Circuit Breakers are only there for show (inop). I sometimes leave them as they are when the 707 first loads and the it flies just fine.

On ground: I have fuel in tank 2 and 3, tank 1, 4 and center are empty. When I begin the engine startup the center tank pump are the only fuel pump switched off. I start engine 3 first or at least I try. Engine 3 don't ignite until I shut off the pumps in tank 4, wich is empty. Now I only have the pumps in tank 2 and 3 on, the tanks that contain fuel. Next I'm airborne.
As for the fuel. It is standard to fill the tanks from the outside to the inside. You can't transfer fuel from one tank to another, EXCEPT for the reserve tanks. The fuel in the reserve tanks will flow into the Aux Tanks. Always turn the pumps OFF for any tank that is empty. Monitor the fuel during the flight because if a tank empties, you could suffer with two (maybe more) engines flaming out.

In the air (picture): In cruise altitude I noticed that there are no fuel pressure in engine 1 and 4. This and all the valves have to be open to keep the engine running, except for the reserve wingtip tanks. In the picture you see to the right that all the engines are running fine, at the same time the fuel press in 1 and 4 is zero. This is in cruise about 1 h and 20 mins into the flight.
This is an gauge fault that needs fixing. I'm not sure if it did this in versions 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2, but I don't remember that happening.

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Re: Electrical and fuel.
Reply #2 - Apr 15th, 2011 at 11:15am
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Thanks Mark for the reply, you're a walking library. Amazing.

It's a nice feature with the circutbreakers, even if they are INOP.

As for the fuel system, it seems a little weird. When I begin with starting #3, it will not fire when the fuelpump in tank 4 is on (empty tank). This is what puzzle me because there is fuel in tank 3 and the pumps there are set to on. You see the drift? If I couldn't start #4 it's more obvious because the tank 4 is empty, pumps on or off. But what this got to do with #3 with fuel in tank 3 and pumps on I don't know. If it's a bug I hope I didn't disturb too many about it. I still fly my 707 as my "computer queen".
I have the 1.3 fsx version 707.

Thanks, good to know what it was at least Smiley

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Reply #3 - Apr 15th, 2011 at 12:20pm
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I have not had any problems starting the engines since I figured out how to do it back in V1.0 (it's still the same in v1.3). I did have a lot of problems with v1.0 at first though. It was really weird. The first time I started the 707, all was fine and off I went flying. Next flight, 3 of those 4 pesky engines simply refused to start. Even CTRL+E didn't get them going. I finally figured it out. And now I jump in, set everything up and, viola, all 4 engines are running and off I go.

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