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Refueling -- External Tanks Not Filled: Bug or Not?


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So I've noticed a few times when refueling/rearming on the ground after a flight, the external tanks do not get filled. I have to remove the tanks and then go back to the rearming menu to add them again (the full versions not the empty ones).

 

Note that this is only AFTER a flight. The first time around, I add 2x full tanks (not the empty ones), and that works OK. I take off, fly around, do stuff, and land with the tanks empy. In the rearm/refuel menu, simply putting 100% fuel does not refill the tanks. Nor does re-adding the tanks in the menu. As I said, I have to fully cycle the tanks off and then on again.

 

I've noticed this happening in multiplayer on a land airbase, in which the initial spawn was a cold & dark start. Not explored other variations.

 

Does this happen to anyone else?

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It's a DCS issue. Just jettison your tanks before landing, or do 2 rearmings, one with no tanks, 2nd one with tanks on

Modules:

F-14, F-15C, F-16C, F/A-18C, M-2000C, A-10C, A-10C II, AV-8B N/A, MiG-29, Su-33, MiG-21 Bis, F-5E, P-51D, Ka-50, Mi-8, Sa 342, UH-1H, Combined Arms

 

Maps and others:

Persian Gulf, Syria, Normandy, WWII Assets, NS 430 + Mi-8 NS 430

Posted
It's a DCS issue. Just jettison your tanks before landing, or do 2 rearmings, one with no tanks, 2nd one with tanks on

 

 

Yup- no point in DCS to keeping your tanks when empty

 

 

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  • 4 years later...
Posted

Found this thread looking for an answer to this issue. Is there a plan to fix this given how long it has existed? Refueling in the air does fill the external tanks.

Posted

Drop the tanks, take the decreased drag win and move on. 🙂

I'm not updating this anymore. It's safe to assume I have all the stuff, and the stuff for the stuff too. 🙂

Posted
23 hours ago, Ivandrov said:

Not likely, it affects all modules with external tanks that I am aware of in DCS.

Not all. There are I think 2 that don't have this Problem. One is the M-2000C, the other one I forgot, and the F-16 too if you count it in with the workaround.

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28 minutes ago, razo+r said:

Not all. There are I think 2 that don't have this Problem. One is the M-2000C, the other one I forgot, and the F-16 too if you count it in with the workaround.

If you are having to "work around it" sounds like it is affected too.

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Not all. There are I think 2 that don't have this Problem. One is the M-2000C, the other one I forgot, and the F-16 too if you count it in with the workaround.
The F1 can fill empty external tanks on the ground. The F-16 cannot.

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