Flap error?

[frobe]

Hi!
Just bought the product, did a short 15 minute flight in a downloaded Arrow.

A couple of questions:

I set up for 40% fuel on the payload screen of FsP
However, in the Arrow panel, it shows full tanks.

After completing flight, I get an excellent landing, passengers are very happy etc, but I got a penalty for a serious mistake of not applying
correct flaps.
No wind, so I deployed full flaps on the stabilised visual approach and landed with the correct speed.

Any special configs I need to know about custom planes and flap settings in FsP?

I got hit with a -300 point penalty after a perfect landing.....

Also, I noticed getting paid an incredible amount of money for this flight. Something about an amount being multiplied.
Not very realistic I think,...how can I change this?

Thanks for a great product, and I hope my questions can be easily answered,

Frode Berg

[SWAFO]

I can answer a couple of your questions. As for the flap problem, normally FSP won't penalize you if you have any degree of flap set. It's
not required to be an "appropriate" setting, since FSP doesn't have the logic required to detect specific flap settings, and what settings
are appropriate on each type of aircraft. You might try searching the forum, as I believe the flap problem had been encountered by a few
other users, and discussed previously.

Regarding the fuel issue. Normally, I'll only set fuel using the FS9 aircraft menu. I haven't used the FSP fuel setting gauge, however I
know that it's not the best tool in the world, and causes a lot of imbalances. Perhaps you could just refrain from using it. The FS9 fuel
setter (for lack of a better term... lol) allows much more precise control too.

About the high amount of income. If you look in the post-flight report, it will say "REAL INCOME X50". This is 50 times your real world
income. You have to figure that if you only made a few thousand dollars per flight, it would take forever to buy a 40 million dollar aircraft.
Dan added the multiplier, because none of us can fly 100's of flights a day like a real airline. This way is a good compromise in that
we're able to make more money, and progress further in the simulation. You can of course turn of the multiplier if you'd like.

Let me know if I can be of any more assistance.

[frobe]

Thanks!

The last few short flights did not give a flap penalty, so i don't know what
happened.
Also, the fuel situation seams ok now.
However, how do I specify empty weight, and max weight on my custom plane?

Also, the fuel price is added to my income, not subtracted.
Surely, this must be wrong?

Again, thanks,

Frode



Post Edited ( 07-18-05 03:13 )