Questions: fuel gauge, Ignition/battery & ATA needle jump 1.45-1.8

Fuel gauge

Neat modeling (possibly). Fuel gauge only shows full with plane horizontal, it shows a little less than full on sitting on ground.

 

Ignition/battery

How come panel lights and instruments only goes active with battery AND ignition circuit breaker on. Why not just battery circuit breaker?

 

ATA gauge

ATA gauge jumps from 1.45 to 1.8 when advancing throttle regardless if rear tank has MW/50, B-4 gasoline or is empty. Is it supposed to do that?

 

[TABLE]Mission Editor-----ATA gauge----------MW/50 gauge-----MW/Kraftstoff selector (set by default)

MW/50-------------jumps 1.45 to 1.8----active--------------MW stoff selected

B-4 Gasoline------- jumps 1.45 to 1.8----not active----------Kraftstoff selected

Empty--------------jumps 1.45 to 1.8----not active----------Kraftstoff selected[/TABLE](so how you make columns in a table? zoom browser 100%)

 

MW/Kraftstoff selector defaulting to MW stoff and MW/50 pressure gauge only active when rear tank loaded with MW/50 makes perfect sense. But what happens when ATA gauge jumps from 1.45-1.8?

 

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Two more questions.

-Am I correct in assuming that if rear tank is loaded with gasoline it will feed into main tank automatically?

-It looks like MW/50, B-4 gasoline or empty can only be chosen in Mission Editor. Is there no way (in game) to ask ground crew to choose how the rear tank is loaded?

Edited September 23, 2019 by -0303-

How come panel lights and instruments only goes active with battery AND ignition circuit breaker on. Why not just battery circuit breaker?

It was designed that way, one C/B for several plane system. It is the same for Fw.

 

 

ATA gauge jumps from 1.45 to 1.8 when advancing throttle regardless if rear tank has MW/50, B-4 gasoline or is empty. Is it supposed to do that?

Yes, but engine life should be different.

 

 

MW/Kraftstoff selector defaulting to MW stoff and MW/50 pressure gauge only active when rear tank loaded with MW/50 makes perfect sense. But what happens when ATA gauge jumps from 1.45-1.8?

If you set engine power to 1,8ATA without MW injection, engine starts shaking and should die very soon... May be in DCS the second will happen when new DM come.

 

When fuel is in auxiliary tank and MW/fuel selector is in MW position, MW pressure gauge should show pressure like in MW is in tank. Liquid is liquid, does not matter if it is fuel or MW.

The selector determines where content from auxiliary tank will come, to main fuel tank or to the compressor inlet.

 

Am I correct in assuming that if rear tank is loaded with gasoline it will feed into main tank automatically?

Yes, no pilot action is required.

 

 

It looks like MW/50, B-4 gasoline or empty can only be chosen in Mission Editor. Is there no way (in game) to ask ground crew to choose how the rear tank is loaded?

That is true, you can change content in auxiliary tank only in ME, no in game.

Engine "pulse"

Engine started coughing and "pulse" climbing at 20000 feet (maybe). ATA 1.42, all temps fine. No MW (as set by aerobatics server). Engine came back, but not fully, at lower altitude. What happened?

 

Rear tank

How do I fuel the rear tank? By asking for 100%? Given server setting is no MW loaded.

Edited October 24, 2019 by -0303-

Engine dies very quickly when runing 1.8ATA w/o mw50, tested it alredy.

I think when MW50 isnt on board groud crew should install stop gate on throttle or set boost regulator to not get more then 1.45 w/o mw50 1.8 is deadly.

Engine "pulse"

 

How do I fuel the rear tank? By asking for 100%? Given server setting is no MW loaded.

 

Yes

Edited October 24, 2019 by grafspee

I think when MW50 isnt on board groud crew should install stop gate on throttle or set boost regulator to not get more then 1.45 w/o mw50 1.8 is deadly.

Problem with that is depending on the atmospheric pressure of the day that stop gate would be in a different place. You can't change it daily, even during the day from morning to noon to evening.

 

 

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Problem with that is depending on the atmospheric pressure of the day that stop gate would be in a different place. You can't change it daily, even during the day from morning to noon to evening.

 

 

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I think bf109 is equipped with boost control unit and this 1.8 ATA jump is probably special mode for this unit stop gate would work just not allowing pilot enter this special mode.

I dont know how this wep in bf109 worked, in dcs you cant set 1.6 or 1.7 it jumps to 1.8 imidietly even with tiniest increments of throttle.

But stop gate in bf109 would handicap high alt performance it will limit rpm for engine.

Any way, stop gates were used widely to avoid accidental engage of WEP.

So from what i have read p-47 has stop gate on throttle for t/o to not over boost

Edited October 25, 2019 by grafspee

Engine dies very quickly when runing 1.8ATA w/o mw50, tested it alredy.

I think when MW50 isnt on board groud crew should install stop gate on throttle or set boost regulator to not get more then 1.45 w/o mw50 1.8 is deadly.

 

I knew not to go to 1.8. I just set the throttle on the threshold of the jump, ca 1.42.

I was thinking I missed something else, like engaging the fuel pump a la Spitfire. Fuel was on, but something else one needs to do when getting at altitude with 109? Adjust cooling?

Edited October 28, 2019 by -0303-

I knew not to go to 1.8. I just set the throttle on the threshold of the jump, ca 1.42.

I was thinking I missed something else, like engaging the fuel pump a la Spitfire. Fuel was on, but something else one needs to do when getting at altitude with 109? Adjust cooling?

Nope, fuel controls to the left, you couldn't start up the engine without them, and electrical fuel pump to the right in the breakers panel. I guess that's what you do, and that's all. 109 is fully automated.

 

 

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I knew not to go to 1.8. I just set the throttle on the threshold of the jump, ca 1.42.

I was thinking I missed something else, like engaging the fuel pump a la Spitfire. Fuel was on, but something else one needs to do when getting at altitude with 109? Adjust cooling?

 

what exactly happen at high alt ? did engien die or what ?

Edited October 28, 2019 by grafspee

It didn't die, it started "pulsing". It wasn't the shake one gets when doing 1.8 without MW. This was something else.

ATA needle dropped. At lower alt pulsing stopped and (I think) I could go to 1.4 again.

I would need recreate it to be sure of all details.

Engine "pulse"

Engine started coughing and "pulse" climbing at 20000 feet (maybe). ATA 1.42, all temps fine. No MW (as set by aerobatics server). Engine came back, but not fully, at lower altitude. What happened?

 

Rear tank

How do I fuel the rear tank? By asking for 100%? Given server setting is no MW loaded.

 

Engine "pulsating" is a sign of fuel starvation and/or overrevving. At least, to my experience. Do you use manual or auto prop pitch?

Engine "pulsating" is a sign of fuel starvation and/or overrevving. At least, to my experience. Do you use manual or auto prop pitch?

 

I know what is it :) starved battery probably, Did you turn on you gen cb? From sometime default spawn position gives battery and gen cb off, one of them is hard to see behind flare gun, or you accidently switched to single magneto.

Edited October 29, 2019 by grafspee