FMS FUEL MGMT page always auto-fills?
-
I noticed that the fuel management page on the FMS always autofills the following parameters, PAX, CARGO, and PAX WT.
I am never able to enter these manually, are there weight sensors in the real plane or is this a bug/feature?
-
Neither, actually. They are not auto-filled, they are set to a default value, just like the real plane. You can enter your own values just by typing in the scratchpad, and then transferring the value with the appropriate line select key.
-
Yeah it does that to me every single time, done 13 flights so far
-
Oh, you're right! Look at that. How nice of me. It will only do it when the system is powered on, so any changes to the payload after powering on the CDU will have to be entered manually.
-
I've added a tablet option for you in v1.2 to disable payload auto-fill on the CDU. Enjoy!
-
I've found it picks them up every time the CDU is initialized, I have changed the values though by clicking on the line select key next to the number.
Fuel isn't auto filled in though.
Turning the pilot avionics off and on makes it read them again.
-
Speaking of the fuel mgmt page, am I using it wrong or is the estimated weight at destination always way off? It always shows the weight to be a couple thousand lbs lower than what it will actually be based on fuel usage. I am in SU3 beta if that matters.
-
Speaking of the fuel mgmt page, am I using it wrong or is the estimated weight at destination always way off? It always shows the weight to be a couple thousand lbs lower than what it will actually be based on fuel usage. I am in SU3 beta if that matters.
@rinkerbuck Are you updating your estimated fuel burn and GS? (Manual Page 47)
-
Speaking of the fuel mgmt page, am I using it wrong or is the estimated weight at destination always way off? It always shows the weight to be a couple thousand lbs lower than what it will actually be based on fuel usage. I am in SU3 beta if that matters.
@rinkerbuck said in FMS FUEL MGMT page always auto-fills?:
Speaking of the fuel mgmt page, am I using it wrong or is the estimated weight at destination always way off? It always shows the weight to be a couple thousand lbs lower than what it will actually be based on fuel usage. I am in SU3 beta if that matters.
same
-
Everything looks okay in the code, but I can investigate more later. This is after you've accurately entered your current fuel on board, expected fuel burn, and expected ground speed on the fuel initialization screen, and trip planning screen? Surprisingly for how much technology is on board Starship, the CDU needs you to enter these numbers manually, or else erroneous data will be used for these calculations.
-
Everything looks okay in the code, but I can investigate more later. This is after you've accurately entered your current fuel on board, expected fuel burn, and expected ground speed on the fuel initialization screen, and trip planning screen? Surprisingly for how much technology is on board Starship, the CDU needs you to enter these numbers manually, or else erroneous data will be used for these calculations.
@Black-Square said in FMS FUEL MGMT page always auto-fills?:
Everything looks okay in the code, but I can investigate more later. This is after you've accurately entered your current fuel on board, expected fuel burn, and expected ground speed on the fuel initialization screen, and trip planning screen? Surprisingly for how much technology is on board Starship, the CDU needs you to enter these numbers manually, or else erroneous data will be used for these calculations.
Oh, I did not realize it needed the trip planning page to be filled out. Nevermind then, I did all that and now the value is making more sense. Sorry about that.
-
Everything looks okay in the code, but I can investigate more later. This is after you've accurately entered your current fuel on board, expected fuel burn, and expected ground speed on the fuel initialization screen, and trip planning screen? Surprisingly for how much technology is on board Starship, the CDU needs you to enter these numbers manually, or else erroneous data will be used for these calculations.
@Black-Square said in FMS FUEL MGMT page always auto-fills?:
Everything looks okay in the code, but I can investigate more later. This is after you've accurately entered your current fuel on board, expected fuel burn, and expected ground speed on the fuel initialization screen, and trip planning screen? Surprisingly for how much technology is on board Starship, the CDU needs you to enter these numbers manually, or else erroneous data will be used for these calculations.
Trip planning screen is mandatory? Even if you've already entered a full flight plan?
-
Filling in trip planning doesn't seem to affect what is displayed on the fuel mgmt page, still is like 800lbs off of my actual landing weight.
