Iron Sights Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 On the fuel page, try hitting the c- aux option. That should start pumping the internal aux out between the fore and aft tanks.
TIGEREAGLE Posted September 25, 2022 Author Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) Sorry i know, badly formulated and translated! It's all about the outer Fueltanks on the pylons! Pump L AUX and R AUX! If additional tanks are attached to the outer pylons, the L AUX and R AUX pumps cannot be switched on! Edited September 25, 2022 by TIGEREAGLE
ED Team Raptor9 Posted September 26, 2022 ED Team Posted September 26, 2022 If you are loading external fuel tanks to only the outer pylons, the fuel cannot pump to the internal fuel tanks. The outboard external fuel tanks feed the inboard external fuel tanks, which in turn feed the internal fuel tanks. The only time outboard external tanks should be used is if you need more fuel than what the inboard external fuel tanks can provide, since they require the presence of inboard external fuel tanks to function properly. Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head
TIGEREAGLE Posted September 27, 2022 Author Posted September 27, 2022 Ok thanks that means the outermost pylons are just additional for the inner pylons suspended fuel tanks. Additional tanks must therefore always be attached to the inner pylons. Then the only question that remains open is why the right side is always empty faster than the left?
ED Team Raptor9 Posted September 27, 2022 ED Team Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, TIGEREAGLE said: Then the only question that remains open is why the right side is always empty faster than the left? The right external tanks feed the aft main fuel tank, which has a larger capacity than the forward main fuel tank fed by the left external tanks. Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head
FalcoGer Posted September 28, 2022 Posted September 28, 2022 If all internal tanks were full, wouldn't the limiting factor be the fuel flow rate to the engine, which should be identical, thus leaving both sides of the external tanks with the same amount of fuel until they're both dry? I mean why would you put on external tanks when there is room still in the internal tanks? I don't know much about the apache, but it would make sense to me to fill up the aircraft first, then fill the external tanks to whatever is required instead of filling the external tanks full and then filling the aircraft halfway, leading to a fuel imbalance. I haven't done any experiments with the tanks though, aside from putting them on for weight, which is horrendous. They're pretty useless in DCS aside from science. Aside from that, why would you put on external tanks anyway? A full fuel load gives you nearly 2 hours of flying time and it's not like you can take off with 4 external tanks anyway since you'll be so heavy that you can't hover, even IGE. You're going to run out of munitions long before you run out of fuel and anyone who designs a mission should know better than to have a 1 hour trip to your target, since that's just boring.
TIGEREAGLE Posted September 28, 2022 Author Posted September 28, 2022 Yes, but if the inner tanks are full and the balance of the front and rear tanks is set to normal and the two turbines have the Indian fuel consumption, shouldn't the additional tanks be empty at the same time? And this is not related to this topic: FalcoGer, missions under an hour are boring, I build missions that go over three hours a night, it's a bit challenging but not boring!
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