Fuel Gauge Indicator
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Hi all,
I’m flying a campaing in SP in Balkans, Bms 4.34.4.
Total fuel carried from loadout is 12.200, so i’m carrying 2x 370 gal ext wing thanks full and full in fuselage/int wings of course.Well, when i am in 3d my totalizer reads 12.700 lbs… not every flight i’ve made but it happens sometimes. I’t clearly impossible given the fact that with this configuration maximum fuel it should be 12.200 lbs.
Is it related to new fuel reading behaviour?
I didn’t checked in Korea.
Thanks
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Hi!
What aircraft?
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Tried in Korea now. Started Tiger Spirit Campaign.
12400 lbs in ramp…
Sometimes i read 11.900 (Balkans).Is that normal?
Always F-16 CM 50
I don’t know if it is related (don’t think) but i use a couple of software that read shared memory for my homepit. F4ToPokeys for fuel totalizer and other leds and F4TS for gauges.
I don’t think this is a problem btw.
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Fuel level indicator is never fully correct (It used to be pre-4.34, but that’s not realistic) so there’s some margin of error, up to about 500lbs, in my experience.
So, sometimes you’ll see more fuel than you actually have, sometimes you’ll see less.
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Yeah, aviation fuel gauges are actually really inaccurate IRL. To the point that the An-24 airliner (and I’m sure others, too) has timers linked to both engine throttles in addition to normal fuel gauges, if they’re set correctly, they’re far better at indicating remaining fuel than the actual fuel meter. The latter is mostly there to check for leaks. BMS is the only sim I have so far that simulates how capricious such devices can be.
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Yeah, aviation fuel gauges are actually really inaccurate IRL. To the point that the An-24 airliner (and I’m sure others, too) has timers linked to both engine throttles in addition to normal fuel gauges, if they’re set correctly, they’re far better at indicating remaining fuel than the actual fuel meter. The latter is mostly there to check for leaks. BMS is the only sim I have so far that simulates how capricious such devices can be.
So it is ok, no issues with my BMS?
That sound good… ad f…ng amazing!!!Love this SIM!
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Fuel level indicator is never fully correct (It used to be pre-4.34, but that’s not realistic) so there’s some margin of error, up to about 500lbs, in my experience.
So, sometimes you’ll see more fuel than you actually have, sometimes you’ll see less.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. By reading the manual I know that now we have a realistic gauge, but i was thinking that errors will be only in low fuel qty’s remaining.
Great feature, very impressed!
Thankyou
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Just to talk about, maybe, the possibility to check your system. We are talking about homebuild cockpit here. My side is: Balkans, TE, Blk40 and AIC. 12200 reading at FQTY every time. Maybe can help.
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Just to talk about, maybe, the possibility to check your system. We are talking about homebuild cockpit here. My side is: Balkans, TE, Blk40 and AIC. 12200 reading at FQTY every time. Maybe can help.
Hi Gancio. I get these readings both in 3d cockpit and on my homepit gauges.
I can’t immagine how my pit could interfer with BMS code… never happened before.
For this block I also changed some dds (added a skin) both in Balkans and Korea.
By reading some replies here looks like it’s normal to read such readings.
Let me know what do you think about
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i noticed this too, in a mission with excatly the same fuel load when I enter I see 16500lbs but other times, same mission, I see 17200lbs!
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So this explains having a flameout with 700lbs showing? A fuel gage error?
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First thing I was ever taught as a pilot was to never trust my fuel gauges…
I could see you flaming out with 700 lbs remaining depending on what you were doing - that’s low enough that fuel slosh could get you during some sorts of maneuvering, I’d wager.
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In the F16 the minimum at landing is 800lbs indicated up to Block 30/32, and 1200lbs for the Block 40/42 onwards. BMS does indeed simulate variations in indicated and once you get below these numbers there is a real chance of flameouts happening, even more so if negative G are pushed.
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I ran out of fuel with 1000 lbs showing. :mad:
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With all respect to Blackgios’s thread, I have 2 related questions.
Is the fuel flow meter accurate?
There’s an immersion thing I like to do, namely back up the fuel gauge with FF gauge. Let’s say I’m tooling around averaging 6k pph. In the Hornet I multiply by 2 (correct?) and if I have 12K fuel I have an hour to land. But, I know that’s a simplification, perhaps an oversimplification, especially considering our discussion of fuel gauge inaccuracy.So, the second question is, IRL and BMS, how is this done? It would seem you would use a "fudge factor . 10% of that hour? 20% off that hour? -
That’s pretty much what I was taught to do - but not to “fudge”. Know what you took off with, what your flow rate is, time spent at that flow rate, and do the straight math - at intervals.
Navy folk use what they call a “fuel ladder” - and constantly do the math and cross-check the next/nearest divert and and ability to arrive there prior to min fuel state. First time I had the fuel ladder explained to me it sounded like a royal PITA…but that’s what the pros do.
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I ran out of fuel with 1000 lbs showing. :mad:
no you didn’t… low fuel (FWD feeding only) and negative G’s applied lead to flame out due to fuel transfer incapability
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no you didn’t… low fuel (FWD feeding only) and negative G’s applied lead to flame out due to fuel transfer incapability
:headb:
You got me! I’ve been flying F3 & F4.0 for a long time.