[pkg-fgfs-crew] Bug#760081: flightgear-data-aircrafts: SenecaII: extra-long-range fuel tanks in the engine nacelles

[Ludovic Brenta]

Package: flightgear-data-aircrafts
Version: 3.0.0-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060818093900AABI7C4

"The Seneca can be modified to carry more fuel, however the Seneca
already has a terrible useful load capability. The engine-nacelle fuel
tanks offered by Tom's Aircraft (STC SA2205SW, originally by Nayak
Aviation) are auxiliary tanks and fuel must be transferred into the
mains to be used, a process which takes just over an hour for their
entire 30-gallon capacity. However, there are no gauges or indicators
whatsoever of fuel level or fuel transfer. So the only possible way to
"know" whether the fuel transferred or not is to watch the aircraft's
factory fuel gauges and determine, after an hour of flight where you've
added 30 gallons and burned 22-24, whether it looks like the gauges
indicate roughly 3-4 gallons more per side than they indicated an hour
before."

The attached patch implements said optional tanks.  Additionally, it
corrects the max weight in the front and aft baggage holds to 100 pounds
each (instead of 200).

In "Equipment > Fuel and Payload", you can watch the nacelle tanks
slowly[1] empty themselves into the main tanks during flight.  There is
no other way to know how much fuel remains in these tanks, just like in
reality.

Also, note that these tanks occupy space that was formerly available for
cargo in reality, but was never implemented in FlightGear.  And
obviously, filling these tanks must be at the expense of payload.  Like
in most aircraft, one cannot take max fuel and max payload at the same
time; it's a tradeoff.

The fuel in these tanks increases the range of the SenecaII from 800 to
970 nmi (approximately; actual range depends on payload, wind and how
well you fly...).

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[1] "Slowly" if and only if the patch in #760077 is also applied.

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