Difference between revisions of "Known Problems"

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Here is a list of known problems and their fixes. If you have one to add to this list, please mention it at the talk page.

Tinmouse B737-200 Fueling Problem

If you are using the Tinmouse II Boeing 737-200 to fly on FSA you may have a problem refuelling. One of CBFS pilots has identified this problem and found a workaround. The chaps developing the Tinmouse II very kindly offered the facility to use the panel with the FFX/Vistaliner B737-200 and provided alternative .air and .cfg files for that aircraft. However, to identify which model was being used so that the panel sends the correct spoiler animations etc for the appropriate model, they added a dummy fuel tank to the Tinmouse aircraft.cfg

In the aircraft.cfg for the tinmouse look for the [fuel] as below :-

[fuel]

//Longitudinal (feet), Lateral (feet), Vertical (feet), Usable(gallons), Unusable (gallons)

fuel_type = 2 number_of_tank_selectors = 1

Center1 = 6.25, 0, -0.2, 2303.7, 0 // 15433 lbs max LeftMain = 1.5, -9.6, -0.2, 1428.15, 0 // 9567 lbs max RightMain = 1.5, 9.6, -0.2, 1428.15, 0 RightTip = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0 //DO NOT REMOVE presence of this tank used to identify Terry Gaff/Flight1 model electric_pump=0

To make the fuel tank invisible to flight sim/FSA you need to rem out the line as below indicated in red.

[fuel]

//Longitudinal (feet), Lateral (feet), Vertical (feet), Usable(gallons), Unusable (gallons)

fuel_type = 2 number_of_tank_selectors = 1

Center1 = 6.25, 0, -0.2, 2303.7, 0 // 15433 lbs max LeftMain = 1.5, -9.6, -0.2, 1428.15, 0 // 9567 lbs max RightMain = 1.5, 9.6, -0.2, 1428.15, 0 //RightTip = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0 //DO NOT REMOVE presence of this tank used to identify Terry Gaff/Flight1 model electric_pump=0

Once you have added the two forward slashes, save the file and exit. It says not to remove the tank but remming tthe tank it does not appear to have any adverse affect on the visuals.

AN-124 Fuel Consumption

The available Antonov AN-124 aircraft models do not compute there fuel usage properly and are often getting flagged by the system as possible fuel cheats. With the help of TJ Baughn of the 'Front Line Dirty Dozen' we worked out a solution for this. If you are using this aircraft please open the 'Aircraft.cfg' file in the folder containing this aircraft in your flight simulator installation and find this line:

fuel_flow_scalar=1.0

It may have a slightly different number after the '=' but change the 1.0 to 1.711, if its not at that value or higher already. If you do not do this you risk having your flights marked as cheats, the reputation of your airline ruined and probably forced into bankruptcy.

Windows 2000 and FS Airlines Compatibility

For everyone who is using Windows 2000 and can't run the Client, the reason for this are some functions needed for SimConnect which are only installed on Windows XP / Vista systems. For these users, there's a special build without SimConnect. You can get it here: http://fsairlines.net/downloads/FSAirlines_v118noSC.zip