Engine keeps shutting off

[Oolong]

I have a bug that ruins my career mode playthrough. During a long flight after few minutes of innactivity, when I move my mouse the engine shuts down and I can't restart it. Is that a know bug or is there something I do wrong? I checked all my keybinds (autostop and fuel valves) and they are not bind to any key or button.

[Defcon888]

try to do a plane check, maybe the engine is damaged.

[duestere Legende]

did you have tank sright and left on "together" by valve in cockpit? when nor runs one tank out of fuel.. had the same prob, by skyhawk is the switch middle console bottom

[Oolong]

I do have fuel. For some reason fuel valve switches to closed and that cuts the engine.

[paindespik]

same problem, realy anoying

[koldphusion]

Same here. Very random. CTRL E starts it up again, but shouldn't have to do that.

[ждун]

Originally posted by Oolong:

I do have fuel. For some reason fuel valve switches to closed and that cuts the engine.

perhaps check bindings?
Maybe it was bound to something by default and you mapped something else to same button on your devices. I had this problem with views. I wanted trim to be mapped to hatswitch on my joystick, but i did not realise that there was quick views already bound to that. I was wondering then why when I trim it switches my views. Now always checking for conflicts when I change controls.

[Patpat]

Originally posted by ждун:

Originally posted by Oolong:

I do have fuel. For some reason fuel valve switches to closed and that cuts the engine.

perhaps check bindings?
Maybe it was bound to something by default and you mapped something else to same button on your devices. I had this problem with views. I wanted trim to be mapped to hatswitch on my joystick, but i did not realise that there was quick views already bound to that. I was wondering then why when I trim it switches my views. Now always checking for conflicts when I change controls.

Most probably the case, I really don't have this on any aircraft I tried so far.
Sometimes the plane starts with one selected tank instead of both, depending on aircraft but that's it.

[Oolong]

But I do not have any keybinds for fuel valves and its always happens after I move a mouse after few minutes of watching flight. If I stay active, let say during short flight my planes work perfectly fine.

[Patpat]

Originally posted by Oolong:

But I do not have any keybinds for fuel valves and its always happens after I move a mouse after few minutes of watching flight. If I stay active, let say during short flight my planes work perfectly fine.

Weird, on every aircraft ?

[Oolong]

So far yes, but I only play career, so mainly cessna's

[Patpat]

And what about other controls bindings for mouse, joystick etc ?

[Patpat]

Originally posted by Oolong:

So far yes, but I only play career, so mainly cessna's

Interestiing, so you never get this on free flight ? I've seen strange stuff happening on career mode, especially after skipping i.e. taxiing or so.

[Oolong]

Originally posted by Patpat:

And what about other controls bindings for mouse, joystick etc ?

I checked everything, but at this point I gave up playing this game.

[Bill]

I've had the exact same issue as OP several times in free flight, with the Famous Flyers Carenado Beechcraft Bonanza. Unlimited Fuel is checked in the options menu and the tanks both show half full at all times. I haven't tried other aircraft, but have checked for double keybinds to no avail.

It has also happened when I lightly bumped the bottom of my Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant with my knee, and once when opening the EFB. I've also momentarily lost all power (as if turning off the ignition, where all gauges sweep counterclockwise) and fully recovered a split second later.

I've investigated the issue, but it's not repeatable. The inconsistency is baffling.

I should also point out that I've had several successful 2-3 hour flights in the same airplane.

[koldphusion]

Originally posted by Patpat:

Originally posted by Oolong:

But I do not have any keybinds for fuel valves and its always happens after I move a mouse after few minutes of watching flight. If I stay active, let say during short flight my planes work perfectly fine.

Weird, on every aircraft ?

Mine's the same way. I will be holding the joystick only, keeping myself straight and level with a coffee in my left hand. Hitting zero buttons on the joystick (there's only one near my fingers anyway).

Very, very sporadically I'll be flying for between 30 seconds to 23 minutes (the longest it's gone so far) then hear, "Click!" and shortly after that the engine shuts off. The regular CTRL - E starts it back up again with no issues.