Battery endurance is only 15 minutes, and needs to be ON even when using Ground Power

[Rudel_chw]

While editing a cockpit familiarization mission, I became aware that the battery run out after 15 minutes of operation when the main engine is off. The manual of the real aircraft says that the endurance should be at least half hour (mentioned on the Generator failure section).

If I connect external electric power, then the battery does not run out, however, the aircraft seems unable to operate with just Ground Power, the battery switch has to be at ON at all times. This does not correspond to what the manual of the real aircraft says:

"Power may be supplied by one of three sources: the 75A Generator, the 24V 17 Ah battery, or the external power receptacle".

[Rudel_chw]

16 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

If I connect external electric power, then the battery does not run out,

 

Sadly, my prior statement is not true .. the battery still dies at around 15 minutes into the mission, as shown on this video (note the cockpit lights go out at around 15:00)

 

 

And even tough Ground power is connected, it seems to not power all systems, I stop the mission when I realize that the radios are not powered.

 

Guess I could redesign the mission around a Corsair with the engine already on, but it seems like more trouble than it's worth it, so I decided to shelve this mission until M3 fixes this bug   

 

Eduardo