Originally Posted by
Sarg Willy
Setting up Drop tank using CFS-1 panel and gauge
files , Added in Mopar,s drop tank select switch ,
Fired up the aircraft and switched over to drop
tank , Taxied out of Leiston , doing some CFG
Ai weight ck,s 10870 Lb,s empty weight with
full load out , Needed the whole runway to get
lift off , I,m Ok with that , but some English
runways may be shorter than this one , as long
as you remember that fact , you,ll do ok ,
I went to hit the Y key (Slew) and must have
caught the Numeric 6 key above it , which is coded
release drop tank , At 800 ft altitude and 125 Mph
having the engine cut out after lift off , is a bad
thing , Under the wings was 2 x 250 lbers ,
So relizing I must have kicked out the drop tank
I thought no problem just restart the engine ,
I hit the E key , once , twice , three time,s
By now 200 ft and sinking like a stone , I had the
feeling this would end badly , It did !!
Curious the plane would not restart after
release drop tank ,
Investigated the cause showed that the P-47 tank
select was on Main tank , of the 2 available ,
Aux your second choice ,
But where was it on Mopar,s drop tank = Main Tank ,
and it would not restart ???
I guess the sim know,s your on drop tank , goes empty
on detach and does not revert to Main tank that was
still full ,
The repeat test confirmed , you have to click the
P-47 gauge ,cycle to Aux -- and then hit E Key -
which cycles the tank select of the p-47 gauge
back to Main tank , that the sim now recalculates
as full , and allows the restart ,
Panic mode was not the time to figure that one out ,
The end result was replacement of the P-47
select tank gauge , For all of Mopars tank switches ,
Thank,s Mikey ,,
Sarg,s Ghost !!
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