707 fuel balance

[tanker]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here, so forgive me if this has been covered somewhere else. I downloaded the new Boeing 707 320C (base pack, Olympic texture, and panel). The installation went without a problem, but I cannot adjust the fuel in the Center 2 (Rt Inner) tank - it shows full on the engineer's panel, even if I enter 0 for that tank in FS9. Also the fuel and payload window of FS9 shows the CG full forward and well right of center.

All other tanks appear to work normally. I managed a takeoff, but the aircraft pulls to the right, as I might expect from a fuel imbalance. I tried another download and made sure I followed the installation steps, but had the same problem. What am I doing wrong?

Otherwise, it appears to be a great aircraft. I would love to spend some time with this bird, as I flew KC135A's many years ago.

Thanks for any assistance,

Dale

[st0rm]

Dale,

Much of this info is locked into the .air file and cannot be changed without the proper tools.

I addressed a similiar problem with the KC-135R from Mike Stone and helped a guy with the necessary info from the -1 to set it correctly. Maybe thats what needs to be done here.

Jeff

[Harerton Dourado - HJG]

Hi,

The new 707 panels have a custom fuel section. In order to simulate the real thing fuel tank usage is different. The labels in FS9 fuel window do not correspond to the gauges. Take a look in the manual and you will see what gauge correspond to what FS tank.

As for the CG indication, the FDE's have been revised a few days ago in order to correct this, but I'm not sure the corrected files are already available for download. Someone will eventually confirm that.

[tanker]

harerton said:

Hi,

The new 707 panels have a custom fuel section. In order to simulate the real thing fuel tank usage is different. The labels in FS9 fuel window do not correspond to the gauges. Take a look in the manual and you will see what gauge correspond to what FS tank.

As for the CG indication, the FDE's have been revised a few days ago in order to correct this, but I'm not sure the corrected files are already available for download. Someone will eventually confirm that.

Hi Harerton,

Thanks for the reply. According to the manual, the fs9 fuel window tank labeled Center 2 is actually the Right Inner Wing Tank. When I adjust this amount in fs9, the window shows the correct number of pounds of fuel, but the gauge on the 707 still shows full. I tried adjusting all the tanks in the fs9 window, but none seemed to any effect on the right inner tank, as far as the engineer's panel is concerned.

I cleared out my old HJG 707 aircraft file, but it's possible some of the old gauges are still in the gauge file - could this be the problem?

Dale

[Harerton Dourado - HJG]

Dale,

I'll check this on the weekend while testing the panel.

[tanker]

Hi Everyone,

OK, I figured it out - the right inner tank is actually Center tank 3 on the fs9 fuel window. I simply wasn't scrolling down far enough to see it. Somehow, I knew it was something I was doing wrong and the model is perfectly ok. Thanks to those of you who tried to help.

Dale