Evolved from [Any alpha testers with a bit of extra time on their hands?] Re: Start up
When I first loaded the f-14b the engines were NOT running, so I searched for a 'Start-up procedure', but mostly in vane... it turned out all I needed to do was ADD FUEL to the beast ;=)) So I would suggest a line or 2 be added to the f-14b wiki - http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat Something like - Start up: If the engines are OFF (silent) when you load the f-14b, all you maybe need to do is enter MENU tomcat controls -> Fuel and stores, and increase the 'L Beam Box', (and 'R Beam Box') sliders to give the beast some fuel ;=)) And the engines should IGNITE ;=)) Then you have an 'active', very fast aircraft at your disposal ;=)) And this fuel added will be 'saved' so on the next run the f-14b - it will have the fuel you exited with... Maybe there are other ways, but did not explore them... Of course I would further recommend an 'f', to set full flaps, before you bump the throttle... and you will be airborne quite quickly... very BIG POWERFUL engines... If like me you started on KSFO 10L, quickly throttle back to about 50%, or less, and commence a left turn, and head back to the San Mateo bridge... another left, and line up for a landing... to complete your first 'manual' circuit... Re: FUEL Am a bit confused by the MENU -> Tomcat controls -> Fuel & stores - http://geoffair.org/tmp/f-14b-fuelset.png and the onboard fuel display - http://geoffair.org/tmp/f-14b-fuel.png It _SEEMS_, in the Nasal code, the 'Sump' is ADDED to the fuel displayed... This does not seem right!?!? I added 2x225 (450) pounds of fuel, but end up seeing 1010 pounds of fuel on my panel display... Now maybe I do NOT understand the 'sump' (2x281), but it seems the nasal code ADDED this as well... As indicated. maybe _NOT_ a problem, but QUITE confusing none the less... and needs explanation... Re: autopilot (F11 and keyboard) Have not yet explored all of this, but the first few tries seemed quite successful... Need more time to make sure the generic 'autopilot' (F11 or through keyboard commands) of the f-14b is working as it should... but at this time have found no particular problems... no adverse behavior... no 'error' outputs... That is at least in the low altitude, low speed, full flaps mode, low throttle, mode I have been using... Re: A Question Through a telnet connection, I have been trying to determine the fuel available for the f-14b... But when I query say - /consumables/fuel/tank/level-gal_us and/or /consumables/fuel/tank[1]-[11]/level-gal_us I find these are mostly EMPTY!!!???... So the question is - where, in what property, are the above mentioned left/right 225 pounds stored? Yes, I have found the property - /sim/model/f-14b/instrumentation/fuel-gauges/ [left|right]-wing-display contains the (inflated by sump) value... But where can I find the 'L Beam Box', and 'R Beam Box' slider results in the properties? As always, thank you for a GREAT aircraft ;=)) For a 'powerful' thrill, certainly recommend it... be very 'calm' on your joystick control... Regards, Geoff. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
