George Burress P-47?

[dasuto247]

Anyone know how to set fuel selector to drop tanks? I only see one for main and aux, which are the internal tanks.

 

[Devildog73]

Anyone know how to set fuel selector to drop tanks? I only see one for main and aux, which are the internal tanks.

You have to go into "settings"/"Stores" and uncheck the box for auto fuel management.
That will allow for use of the fuel selector switch for other than all tanks and off as settings.

Then, for this particular panel you will have to go into your aircraft panel folder and modify the panel configuration file.

In the panel.cfg you will see this:

[Window04]
Background_color=2,2,2
size_mm=157,153
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=8
visible=0
ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL
window_size= 0.176, 0.215
window_pos= 0.414, 0.555
gauge00=prop2ERKap, 2,1,151,37
gauge01=p38f_lightning!Magnetic-Compass, 83,80,65
gauge02=p47d!Fuel_Selector, 7,83,64
gauge03=b26!RLC_Multiradio, 4,47,105

What you will need to do is find a different fuel selector gauge that you like.
Replace the p47d portion of the line with the gauge you like.
Then, you will have to play with the numbers 7,83,64 to make it the right size and shape.

What I know is that these numbers give you a fuel selector switch that is wide enough but not tall enough.
I think 7 is the position next to the magnetic compass.
83 and 64 control the size of the gauge.

I am sure one of our panel gurus will offer better guidance than this.

 

[dasuto247]

You have to go into "settings"/"Stores" and uncheck the box for auto fuel management.
That will allow for use of the fuel selector switch for other than all tanks and off as settings.

Then, for this particular panel you will have to go into your aircraft panel folder and modify the panel configuration file.

In the panel.cfg you will see this:

[Window04]
Background_color=2,2,2
size_mm=157,153
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=8
visible=0
ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL
window_size= 0.176, 0.215
window_pos= 0.414, 0.555
gauge00=prop2ERKap, 2,1,151,37
gauge01=p38f_lightning!Magnetic-Compass, 83,80,65
gauge02=p47d!Fuel_Selector, 7,83,64
gauge03=b26!RLC_Multiradio, 4,47,105

What you will need to do is find a different fuel selector gauge that you like.
Replace the p47d portion of the line with the gauge you like.
Then, you will have to play with the numbers 7,83,64 to make it the right size and shape.

What I know is that these numbers give you a fuel selector switch that is wide enough but not tall enough.
I think 7 is the position next to the magnetic compass.
83 and 64 control the size of the gauge.

I am sure one of our panel gurus will offer better guidance than this.

Thanks, I got it to work.I used the F4F selector so could select each drop tank.Now just need to find a selector which also enable me to select the internal aux tank.Know of any? Perhaps the P-38 fuel selector as it has a reserve(OH model does) and drop tank feeds both tanks

 

[Allen]

The P-38 works best. It has a good number of tanks and supports 2 drop tanks.

 

[dasuto247]

The P-38 works best. It has a good number of tanks and supports 2 drop tanks.

Thanks.I actually ended up taking the default GB P-47 selector and adding it to one of the sub panels, then added the F4F selector to the other panel where default fs was.Use one to select main and drop tanks, other to select the auxi internal cell.O tried the P-38 but it kept cutting off the engine when I selected them main tank(says both on p38 selector).Found one that works and learned a little about panels and gauge placement

 

[Allen]

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I now have to update my P-47d Razorback. It is using the F4U fuel selector that dosen't know to use the 2nd drop tank.

Do we not have a gauge that can use all tanks that can be listed in the .air?

 

[bearcat241]

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I now have to update my P-47d Razorback. It is using the F4U fuel selector that dosen't know to use the 2nd drop tank.

Do we not have a gauge that can use all tanks that can be listed in the .air?

The stock Corsair only has a single ventral tank entry in the air file, so the selector chooses that one tank when external drop tank is selected. If you edit the air file to support two drop tanks as the later 1D, UB and U7 variants had, and change the positioning of the two tanks to historically accurate locations under the inner wing, the stock gauge's drop tank setting will work fine for both tanks concurrently. I've never had a problem with this manner of operating.

If you still need something that selects external tanks individually, use this: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=46&id=6517

 

[Allen]

bearcat241

It was my falt. I used the same panel.cfg as my P-47d-25. The P-47d-25 only uses a single drop tank (one of the stock 175gals) but my P-47d Razorback uses 2 108 gal tanks and I forgot about change the fuel selector.

I tested F4U fuel selector gague and it dosen't know to use the 2nd drop tank. I made sure both drop tanks were in the airfile and I made the 1st drop tank hold 0 gals while the other had the full 108 and the F4U fuel seletor wouldn't supply fuel to the engine.

 

[bearcat241]

I tested F4U fuel selector gague and it dosen't know to use the 2nd drop tank. I made sure both drop tanks were in the airfile and I made the 1st drop tank hold 0 gals while the other had the full 108 and the F4U fuel seletor wouldn't supply fuel to the engine.

Hope this doesn't sound like a silly question, but did you make sure to number the 535 Right Drop Tank correctly under FUEL TANK NUMBER=X? It should be the highest number in the whole internal/external fuel tank sequence.

 

[Allen]

No. I have drop tanks set up like the stock aircraft have them so the drop tanks used the 2 highest numbers. This makes the drop tanks have the numbers 3 and 4 for the P-47d as 1 and 2 are for the internal tanks.

It was no big. I changed the Center Tank 1 and 2 to Left and Right Tanks so I could use the P-38 fuel selector.