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ISSUE DESCRIPTION
The APU fuel flow is way to high, working out at around 3600Kgs per hour, over 10 times what it should be
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time, both in Free Flight and in Career Mode.
REPRODUCTION STEPS
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
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Load the Airbus Beluga (any configuration) in Free Flight.
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Start the APU.
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Observe the Fuel Quantity in the Left Fuel Tank drop rapidly
YOUR SETTINGS
What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
Hardly relevant, but TCA Airbus Captains Joystick and Throttles.
[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No.
[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?
MSFS 2024
[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
AMD Radeon 9070 XT
[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 32GB
MEDIA
Please add a screenshot or video of the issue occurring.
Screen shots taken with the APU on and supplying electrical power and bleed air. Engines off.
Beluga, note the Left Main tank fuel quantity and time:
Left Main 11040 Kg
6 minutes later the Left Main tank is down to 10680 Kg, a drop of 360 Kg. The APU is consuming fuel at a rate of 3,600 Kg per hour!
As a comparison, the next two screen shots are from a Airbus A330-300 RR, but I see the same thing on all the other A330 configurations.
The APU has consumed 20 Kg in 6 minutes, or 200 Kg per hour, much like the real thing.
The APU fuel burn on all the Airbus A330’s had been very high for some time, since SU 5 I think, but SU 6 fixed this. It seems the fix did not make it to the Beluga. I did post about this here, and was advised to make a new report.
I am running MS Store SU 6, 1.8.14. and I have no 3rd party add on’s, my Community Folder is empty.
Thanks for your help,
Dave.