Rapid Start compressed air refill?

Adam106

As I understand it, the Rapid Start systems uses compressed air from 4 bottles on each side. This is apparently enough compressed air for 3 engine starts per side.

Is this Compressed Air simulated as an consumable? Can it run out? and if so can you add an option to refill similar to the Chute / RAT / Emerg. U/C.

Thanks.

Martyn

@Adam106 Thanks for the suggestion. Previously the air was unlimited but it is now limited to three starts per side like the real aircraft, with a recharge option added to the EFB:

Pilot Pyles

@Martyn Did you just quickly knock up that change or was it already planned?

Adam106

@Martyn Wow. Thanks for the change!

That's a quick service. Now if you could just whistle up a GPI Mk6 interface for the Nav Plotter, that would smashing.

Thanks.

brennan

Awesome stuff @Martyn - now if you have 5 minutes, could you please consider enabling full a2a refuelling in multiplayer between 2 JF Vulcans? I'll be free to test later today...

j/k (mostly) :-)

How awesome would it be though to have 2 people flying together and doing this...

Martyn

@Pilot-Pyles Not planned until I saw this suggestion but it was something I'd wanted to add. Fortunately that was maybe 45 minutes work, versus many hours or days for the other suggestions :-)

Pilot Pyles

@Martyn I was about to say....that was quick for the flight sim world. :D

brennan

and for a2a fuelling in m/p - how about the Heatblur Tomcat which has a probe system :-)

Davidaa

@Martyn

Is this in the 1.1 update or coming in a future update?

David

brennan

From the released version of 1.1 changelog - "Reset RAT, emergency gear release and rapid start air recharge options added to EFB to allow for resetting without having to restart the flight."

Davidaa

@brennan

Thank you