Runing out of fuel

[niklas.larsson]

Hi! Is there any way that I can make so the aircraft can fly for longer then 13hours, in this case the b787-10? So I don´t run out of fuel. For example a flight between Singapore and NYC will run out of fuel.

Sincerely- Niklas

[Twelvefield]

You can turn on unlimited fuel, or just jump into the fuel menu in the top bar as you are flying and give yourself more fuel.

Be aware that "cheating" the fuel like that will mess around with your aircraft weight, and if you make drastic changes your autopilot will likely freak out.

EDIT: A guess, but you could also go into the weather generator and give yourself a hurricane-force tailwind aloft. Again, that kind of thing messes up the autopilot, though, unless you do it at the very start of the flight. Also, you might overstress the wings unless you make the transition gradual.

[NicenJehr]

Note that unlimited fuel just gives you the ability to use the fuel menu in the top menu. You can bind "repair and refuel" to refill at any time regardless of this setting.

Don't fly at full throttle.

Don't fly at low altitudes.

Don't fly into a headwind.

Don't fly with full cargo/passenger weight.

[niklas.larsson]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

You can turn on unlimited fuel, or just jump into the fuel menu in the top bar as you are flying and give yourself more fuel.

Be aware that "cheating" the fuel like that will mess around with your aircraft weight, and if you make drastic changes your autopilot will likely freak out.

EDIT: A guess, but you could also go into the weather generator and give yourself a hurricane-force tailwind aloft. Again, that kind of thing messes up the autopilot, though, unless you do it at the very start of the flight. Also, you might overstress the wings unless you make the transition gradual.

Okay, If I have 20% fuel left and give my self fuel so that I have 70% fuel, do you think the autopilot will freakout then? How much can i adjust before the autopilot starts to freakout?

[Delle(DK)]

tip.. you can remove all pax/cargo from the plane so the weight become as low as possible.
Fill it with 100% fuel ( you will see a balance error just ignore it )
And then fly up to example 36-38-40.000feet and have a tail wind in the direction you fly.
Now you can go very far.

BUT BE AWARE.
The 747 autopilot is broken you waste allot of fuel since it cant keep a constant height and goes up/down especially if you time accelerate.
The dreamliner can fly with x3 time acceleration and on autopilot and i think the fuel calcuation for that plane is wrong, it can fly much further than when you preplan your flight andl onger than the white round cicle that indicate how far it can fly.

BUT all in all i really do not recommend to fly very long in fs2020 yet.
The game is unstable and can crash and you might loose a very long flight and its very annoying.
However your flight time do get logged in your profile, but you wont get registred and get an award since you never landed..
I recommend to wait trying undtil after the next patch.

[Twelvefield]

Originally posted by niklas.larsson:

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

You can turn on unlimited fuel, or just jump into the fuel menu in the top bar as you are flying and give yourself more fuel.

Be aware that "cheating" the fuel like that will mess around with your aircraft weight, and if you make drastic changes your autopilot will likely freak out.

EDIT: A guess, but you could also go into the weather generator and give yourself a hurricane-force tailwind aloft. Again, that kind of thing messes up the autopilot, though, unless you do it at the very start of the flight. Also, you might overstress the wings unless you make the transition gradual.

Okay, If I have 20% fuel left and give my self fuel so that I have 70% fuel, do you think the autopilot will freakout then? How much can i adjust before the autopilot starts to freakout?

If I knew how much adjustments freak out the AP... well, it's impossible to say. My pet theory is that issues with the pitot and the gyro cause the AP to malfunction. Sudden changes in weight and air pressure can affect both the gyro and the pitot. Using Active Pause is enough to mess with those things, so I believe that even small changes could be fatal.

I've added 50% fuel in the Cessna 152 and had no problem but the 152 has no autopilot. My guess would be to try 10% at a time, wait and see if the airplane responds well, and try again.

[NicenJehr]

Or just disable autopilot before the change?

[Neo King Arthur]

The autopilot only freaks out for a few seconds because of the added weight magically appears in the aircraft.

After that it'll stabilise itself.

Don't give fuel from almost empty straight to 100%. Do it incrementally, start with 10%, let the autopilot adjust itself, then add to 30%, again let it readjust itself, then make it 50%, and just keep doing it and let it stabilise before you go to the next one until 100%.

I also find that on a huge fuel load, taxiing on the 787 makes it really bouncy on the taxiway. So I always start with 20% fuel load, taxi and take off, and when you're cruising, that's when you open the weight menu and add the fuel incrementally to 100%.

I'll make sure to add this in my guide under Troubleshooting.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2220935939

[Twelvefield]

Originally posted by NicenJehr:

Or just disable autopilot before the change?

I'm not recommending that. I've had the AP go nuts from toggling it off and on, but it's not consistent and I have no clear explanation yet as to why. Some planes are worse than others, or maybe it's flight conditions. I've followed captured video flights that turn AP on and off and they have no problem, yet when I do the same flight with the same plan and toggle the AP at the same time it loses its marbles.

[niklas.larsson]

Thanks a lot everyone! I take in everything you say!