[SOLVED] more than 500h of fuel remaining???

[pealextf]

Well' I decided to land my cessna Skyhawk for refueling (I've seen in another topic that some people do that with the FSP). I
landed and
went directly to the refueling place, but when I had just being taking off again I opened the in flight report and it showed
that I had over 500
hours of fuel remaining.


My report was like this:

Flight ST618 In flight report Date October 31 2008

Flight ID: ST618
Pilot: Pedro Fleig
Company: SF Airlines Tour
Aircraft: Cessna Skyhawk 172SP Paint1
Flight Date: October 31 2008
Departure: 10h45 (18h46 GMT)
From: KSFO - San Francisco Intl - Usa
To: KCLR
Nbr of passengers: 2

Report:

Flight Distance: 288 Nm Fuel Used: 1 lbs
Time Airborne: 02h34:41 Fuel Remaining: 315 lbs
Flight Time (block): 02h46:03 Fuel Consumption: 0 lbs/hour (until now)
Time on Ground: 00h11:34 Remaining fuel allow: 513h01:59 flight time
Average Speed: 111.92 kt With one hour reserve: 512h01:59 flight time
Max. Altitude: 5052ft (fuel stats based on current number)


Passengers current Opinion: Exceptional Flight at present

Can anyone explain me what happened here?

[Drew]

pealextf wrote:
(I've seen in another topic that some people do that with the FSP).

I'd be interested to know where these threads are, as I have said many times over in various threads that refuelling is not possible.

Welcome to the forum by the way.

[poden]

Some kind of bug relating to the auto refuel? pealextf, you can use FSUIPC to disable the automatic refueling, and just the the FSP provided fueling
screen. You have to be sure to have a registered FSUIPC (I think), and then edit its config file. The problem with the auto refuel is it gives you
100% fuel load whether you want it or not.

[pealextf]

poden wrote:
Some kind of bug relating to the auto refuel? pealextf, you can use FSUIPC to disable the automatic refueling, and just the the FSP
provided fueling
screen. You have to be sure to have a registered FSUIPC (I think), and then edit its config file. The problem with the auto refuel is it gives
you
100% fuel load whether you want it or not.

Yes it might be a bug, and I guess I'll have to make shorter flights with this airline.(not needing refuel) But if someone wants to try going
around the world with a cessna I think I might have found a solution.(but It would be very slow and boring, I wouldn't do this)

By the way, what do you mean by FSUIPC ? I don't reallt know a lot about FS files, I just fly the aircrafts.

[Drew]

Bug? I see no bug. You tried to refuel the plane upon landing, when FsP does not allow refuelling. Where is the bug?

[poden]

Drew wrote:
Bug? I see no bug. You tried to refuel the plane upon landing, when FsP does not allow refuelling. Where is the bug?

Oh, refueling before ending the flight? I'm getting too old to remember if thats a problem or not. Mabye I should check the FAQ?

[Drew]

he wasn't ending the flight though. He refuelled on purpose then took off again.......

pealextf wrote:
I landed and went directly to the refueling place, but when I had just being taking off again

Post Edited ( 10-31-08 17:14 )

[fruitfly]

Drew wrote:
He refuelled on purpose then took off again.......

I, for instance, never refuel before taking off again.
(On purpose, that is; if I do, that is pure coincidence or subconsciously.)

[poden]

Drew wrote:
he wasn't ending the flight though. He refuelled on purpose then took off again.......

pealextf wrote:
I landed and went directly to the refueling place, but when I had just being taking off again

Well, that would do it.

I had downloaded the Veneaviones turboprop Aero Commander, and came across this cool gauge that apparently allows you to refuel in flight. I didn't
try it, but it looks like you might actually be able to do mid-air refueling with it while running FSP. I hadn't tried it (and don't care to), but it
likely uses the same call used by the auto ground refueling.

[pealextf]

You can refuel your aircraft while on the air by using the keys assigned to add fuel quantity. You have to select this keys on the FS options.
This way there is no bug.

You can land the aircraft taxi to anywhere and press these keys and then go to the runaway and takeoff again. But for doing this you
cannot set parking brakes otherwise FSP will think that you're at your destination. (that would not be a cheat as FSP would make your
airline pay for all the fuel that you burn even the extra)

Taxing to the refuelling area like I did will cause bugs and I don't reccomend it.

Oh, refueling before ending the flight? I'm getting too old to remember if thats a problem or not. Mabye I should check the FAQ?

I wanted to refuel my aircraft, it was a stop in my flight, not the end of it.

It was like this KSFO > KSMO > KCLR

[Drew]

pealextf wrote:


You can land the aircraft taxi to anywhere and press these keys and then go to the runaway and takeoff again.

Incorrect. Well you can, but your flight report wont be correct at the second landing.

[poden]

Drew wrote:

pealextf wrote:


You can land the aircraft taxi to anywhere and press these keys and then go to the runaway and takeoff again.

Incorrect. Well you can, but your flight report wont be correct at the second landing.

Plus, I think you'll only make money for the distance to the first airport you land at, not the total distance.

[pealextf]

I've just nottest that I failed to read the part of the FAQ that says that the refuel cause bugs. Thank you, and I don't need any more answers
for this questions.