"Failures" Help Please

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LTCSZ

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Hi: No matter what I do, I can't stop FS9 from initiating an electrical system failure after about 5 minutes of flight...I have checked all of the failure options, and nothing is checked or scheduled...But, after the failure occurs, when I go into the Failures menu, there is a red checkmark in the electrical systems box and the entire electrical system is shut down...Is there something else I can try? Thanks,

Steve in Kansas
 
first, what are you flying? it may have some sort of internal 'damage' mode

Also, make sure there is a generator switch and it/they are ON ... quite a few FS models either don't have a switch or it's missed and you run out of battery.

I found that little problem by cold-starting a couple of planes only to find the lack of generators feeding the battery.

All else fails, bring a flashlight!

Rob
 
LTCSZ said:
Hi: No matter what I do, I can't stop FS9 from initiating an electrical system failure after about 5 minutes of flight...I have checked all of the failure options, and nothing is checked or scheduled...But, after the failure occurs, when I go into the Failures menu, there is a red checkmark in the electrical systems box and the entire electrical system is shut down...Is there something else I can try? Thanks,

Steve in Kansas
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If you saved your default startup flight with the generators off that would cause the problem.
 
You can change this in the relevant aircraft .cfg file

in the section
Code: 
[electrical]
max_battery_voltage = 24
generator_alternator_voltage = 28
max_generator_alternator_amps = 50
engine_generator_map = 1
electric_always_available = 1     [COLOR=red]// <------Add this line if not already present; 1= ON ; 0 = OFF[/COLOR]

hope this helps

ttfn

Pete
 
Another source for electrical failure is the flight you've selected.

If you've created your own 'Current Flight", open it with Notepad and look for this section:

[Gauges]
Airspeed=Operative
TurnCoordinator=Operative
DG=Operative
Altimeter=Operative
AI=Operative
VSI=Operative
Comm=Operative
Nav=Operative
Transponder=Operative
ADF=Operative
Compass=Operative
PitotSystem=Operative
VacuumSystem=Operative
Fuel=Operative
Engine=Operative
Electrical=Operative
PanelLights=False

Notice the line on electrical. If it says False, then when you start the flight the electrical needs to be switched on with the battery. If the a/c starts fine but dies in flight, then it might be that the generator is not turned on. I had to create several shortcut keys for those aircraft without specific switches as my current flight is always from a cold start. :running:

--WH
 
The "electric always available" was in the .cfg file, but it had a "0" after it...I changed it to a "1" and that solved the problem...Thanks for the help...Always learning something new about FS...

Steve
 
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