Famous Flyer III: Beechcraft Bonanza V35

Aux Pump is mainly used during engine start. Full open throttle, then aux pump, check for peak fuel flow, aux pump off, then throttle at 1/4 open. Balancing fuel manually is correct.

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I’m getting repeated CTD trying to takeoff out of LaGuardia and have been hit with some ghosting badly here but otherwise fine. Taking off from Newark was fine for some reason. There are still some niggly things that could use some ironing out for sure.

Yeah
the fuel pump I doubt it actually does anything like other planes, it’s just for show. Speaking of things that don’t work, I’m pretty convinced so far the Cowl Flaps and Alternate Air doesn’t really do anything either. Starting to question prop speeds settings as well now and to whether or not it actually matters.

Thank you for clarifying.

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I have monitored resources on PC and the aircraft sits quite high resources for a small aircraft. Probably due to how nice it looks and all the steam gauges. Perhaps throwing NYC at it flips it into memory issues on XBox?
Not tried NYC on PC. I did have that brief spell when I had 100% GPU through layers of cloud though, which was strange as I limit FPS at 30, and this is quite a wee plane. The 737 runs GPU the same but higher CPU for example.
Yes the cowal flaps I’m not sure about, changed the lever and didn’t notice them do anything. The Prop lever does change the prop as you can at least audibly hear it happening and the aircraft actually slows down.
Could definitely do with a few more HP (turbo?) and bigger fuel tanks as you do have to be careful with fuel. You can just about watch the fuel gauge drop in real time :sweat_smile:

Here’s me after the useable fuel thing bit me - this is after a 2 hour flight around Lake Michigan and the Chicago area, and literally 1 mile before landing at good old Meigs, seconds before making another no doubt superb landing :joy:

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Hello,
I join the CTD Club with this Plane. Three Flights, one with 1 Hour and no CTD (LPPT to LPPR). Second Flight 20 min than CTD (LESO to LFBT) and third Flight 2 Hours and than CTD (LESO to LFMT). All CTD at different Locations and Time. I have had no CTD since 10th June. This Plane 2. Must be the Plane.

System AMD 5900X, AMD 6900XT, 32 GB RAM 3600 CL16. SU 9, all Drivers up to date, “sfc /scannow” no Failures. No Entry’s in Eventviewer.

It is not the plane, it is a widespread issue at the moment. Check the forum thread Constant CTD every flight now (ntdll.dll) - #382 by Chuckson892794

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Can you check the Application event log, for error ID 1000. You should see an entry for FlightSimulator.exe. What is your error code, beginning 0xc?

I do not have an Entry in the Event Log.

Some minor snags aside in system depth, for the price it’s still quite an enjoyable IFR ride.

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FWIW I was not getting any application errors for MSFS in the event viewer either for the V35 CTD’s. Tonight I had a CTD in the 737 with an ‘error’ event logged in event viewer. Strange why it logs crashes only sometimes. :man_shrugging:
Anyway seems like I have the ‘ntdll.dll’ issue that many others are reporting. I just can’t confirm with the CTD’s I had recently with the V35 (with no log to look at), although it could be same issue. I had a 2hr flight this morning with the V35 which was without incident.

yes, I’ve not had this good an VOR/IFR experience outside of the pipers, and at a fraction of the cost.

Just did some cruise flight number checking with the POH, by setting RPM, MP and checking Fuel Flow and TAS. It seems to be really close to the numbers!

2 hrs seems like the current limit with full tank(s). I squeaked in a 2hr flight this morning and landed on fumes despite the fuel remaining gauge and time of flight remaining fuel readouts saying I had enough. There is definitely something weird with fuel going on. Rotary dials say 37 gallons (usable!) per tank but max allowable to load is 22 gallons per tank and not all fuel in those tanks is accessible.

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Trouble is we can’t be sure it’s the same issue. It could be but no event logs seem to be generated when I get a V35 related crash so it’s hard to tell, but it definitely could eb same issues that others are seeing. i had a ‘ntdll.dll’ CTD with the 737 tonight that did generate an event.

Was probably a quick copy/paste job of the default G36 fuel selector that was forgotten about afterwards.

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I’m still having issues with this aircraft going straight through target altitudes both on climbs and descents. The ALT hold doesnt always auto engage when target alt is reached, often punches straight on through. You have to watch it like a hawk. If I say am at 3000ft and set a target at of 5000ft and a V/S of 1000ft/min, I can quickly find myself at 6000ft and climbing and need to intervene manually with the alt hold button myself.

Ok so clear this up for me: what is the current usable fuel in the plane as modelled? So not the actual value in real life, but the value in the sim?

Trying to build a quick n dirty LNM profile

Scroll back I think it was discussed already on this thread by others. The full tank is 22 gallons on each side. But you get to just under 1/4 tank and fuel cuts out, so there is a residual amount not accessible on each side. Reserves? The onboard fuel calculator (in front of the yoke) suggests a dial for ‘reserves’ but doesn’t list a reserve amount when rotated. Not sure if there is a reserve fuel switch somewhere that I’m missing.

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Is the altitude selector showing ARM?

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