Secret Fuel Procedure FS2002

The darndest thing.........after I read this online I went flying from
my local airport and found it. But you really had to look for it.



On 21 Sep 2003 20:50:24 GMT, (JasonSJbird) wrote:

Since at least FS2000, you could look for the fuel pump at any medium to large
airport, and find it at the corner of a large yellow square demarkating auto
refuel area. You may do this day or night, but you must come to a stop with all
gear within the square boundaries. Refueling itself happens in the blink of an
eye at this point

In om,
Doug wrote:

A guy I work with told me you can fly over an airport at night and
look for a lit up yellow square, then land and go there and park in
the square and you will get refueled. I couldnt find out anything
about this in the help files, so I was doubtful, I always adjusted
fuel through the menus. Anyway I tried it at Vancouvers International
airport and it works!!! Ive had this software for 2 years and had no
idea you could do that, Am I the only one that didnt know about this?
Why don't they mention this in help? Does FS2004 have the same setup?
Now I he says you can open the door on the Cessna 172 by going to the
outside view and shutting off the engine. I will have to try that next
time....

Doug


Nobody else mentioned this yet, so I will....

The fuel box also does a bit of repair and maintainance on the plane, so any
faulty gauges on the panel, or fuel leaks, or whatever, get repaired.

You'll not encounter these faults unless you have the 'reliability' slider set
at less than 100%. I'd imagine most users don't experiment with it more than
once because it's a right royal p.i.t.a. In FS5.1 (last version where I tried
it), at 1 notch back from 100%, you could expect to see at least two instruments
fail within 10 minutes of taking off and fuel tanks draining dry if you press on
for longer than another 10 minutes or so. So much for having failures sneak up
on you when you least expect them....

I'll say one thing though at least FS doesn't give us simulated rental, fuel
and maintainance bills! :-D


--
regards,

Mark

In om,
Doug wrote:

A guy I work with told me you can fly over an airport at night and
look for a lit up yellow square, then land and go there and park in
the square and you will get refueled. I couldnt find out anything
about this in the help files, so I was doubtful, I always adjusted
fuel through the menus. Anyway I tried it at Vancouvers International
airport and it works!!! Ive had this software for 2 years and had no
idea you could do that, Am I the only one that didnt know about this?
Why don't they mention this in help? Does FS2004 have the same setup?
Now I he says you can open the door on the Cessna 172 by going to the
outside view and shutting off the engine. I will have to try that next
time....

Doug

Nobody else mentioned this yet, so I will....

The fuel box also does a bit of repair and maintainance on the plane, so any
faulty gauges on the panel, or fuel leaks, or whatever, get repaired.

You'll not encounter these faults unless you have the 'reliability' slider set
at less than 100%. I'd imagine most users don't experiment with it more than
once because it's a right royal p.i.t.a. In FS5.1 (last version where I tried
it), at 1 notch back from 100%, you could expect to see at least two instruments
fail within 10 minutes of taking off and fuel tanks draining dry if you press on
for longer than another 10 minutes or so. So much for having failures sneak up
on you when you least expect them....

I'll say one thing though at least FS doesn't give us simulated rental, fuel
and maintainance bills! :-D


--
regards,

Mark