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Bush plane on the third leg of Unalaska bush trip just crashes to the ground. It likes run out of gas???
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start the third leg and prop quits turning and crash.
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velocity one on my xbox
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I remember I had something similar. Motor stops like it is running out of fuel but fuel gauge still shows there is gas. This is not a bug, IIRC, this bush trip uses the XCub, which has separate gas selector (left and right). You need to keep an eye on the fuel levels on both wings. The xcub has nice transparent tubes to show the level on each wing. In the real world, you want to keep the fuel balanced switching the gas selector every 5 gallons:
WOW! Thank you sooooooo much. I just assumed you never run out of fuel, this is so cool. Took me awhile to learn how not to tip over on my propeller when I landed and applied brakes, now to pay attention to the fuel guages. Thanks again!
I have an unused button on the TB V1 quadrant I have refuel bound to, just for bush trips. Some of them are slogs ‘where we finally conclude at this magnificent mud puddle!’ and have no intention of the ‘experience’ of lining up for fuel if they even have it. Most times in the NX you can land so short, you just hit next and take off again. Comes in handy for the wonky fuel system in the Staggerwing too Just push the magic button when it starts sputtering 5 minutes into a flight and forget that Rube Goldberg setup. Don’t need to simulate everything. If I were a Staggerwing owner in real life, I’m sure I would have it down to muscle memory and intuition and I’m not seeking it out as FS mini-game just because developer.
The general statement is not entirely correct. Since SU4 or SU5, when Perfect Flight started creating missions, it is possible to refuel in a regular way.
At the start of each leg and at any airport that offers fuel.
Even when I knew I could run out of fuel, I was scratching my head when it happened since I was observing the fuel meter on the outside camera view. It was actually a nice experience, because when it happened I remember I searched for alternate landing runways and I just made to a nearby landing field that was not part of the flight plan. I still couldn’t figure out why the plane would lose engine. I just hit CTRL+R and continued the flight. I only found the left-right tank thing later.
Another new info. I can’t tell since when, but after a few months without playing bush trips, I started again the Finland one and I noticed every leg is now automatically refueling.
The note about auto refuel on the bush trips was a little confusing. But here’s what it said from the release notes for the 40th Anniversary update:
“Activity
Auto refuel at the end of the leg is no longer activated by default across all existing bush trips (can be set via RefuelOnLegStart)”.
In any case, I seem to find it inconsistent in it’s application.
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Just push the magic button when it starts sputtering 5 minutes into a flight and forget that Rube Goldberg setup. Don’t need to simulate everything. If I were a Staggerwing owner in real life, I’m sure I would have it down to muscle memory and intuition and I’m not seeking it out as FS mini-game just because developer.
