Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Airbus engine problem

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Airbus engine problem

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Captain, B747-400

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407 legs, 1,136.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on January 04 2011 17:31 ET by Matthew Kerby

This unfortunately isn't the first time I've asked this question but the problem persists.
Sometimes at random points during flights my engines stop delivering full power. I've tried everything from reinstalling the buses to restarting the engines, disabling live weather updates (though it happens when I fly off line as well).
As you can see the engines are still running, and eating fuel, they just aren't delivering any power (or maybe they are, I don't know). N1 just sinks to zero.

It happens on every model of the Wilco buses. The thing is is that the engine doesn't completely die, it gives off just enough power to hover above stall speed with the nose poking up about 15 degrees. Its super annoying.

This problem started randomly one day about 6 months ago and I haven't been able to find any answers or fly the airbuses since :(. Any ideas at all??? Its FSX btw.

Matthew Kerby

Captain, B747-400

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Posted onPost created on January 04 2011 18:03 ET by Caitlyn Champlin

It seems to me like it has to be an issues with a gauge file. Your core (N2) readings are still within normal range for cruise. Do you have the most up to date software version? You can log into the Wilco website and check the download center. Even if you bought the boxed version, which I don't think anybody really does anymore, the latest updates will be there.

I can't understand why a reinstall wouldn't fix that problem though. Have you searched the Wilco forums? They're pretty good and lots of bugs and associated fixes are found there...

Caitlyn Champlin

Senior Captain, B737-800

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Posted onPost created on January 04 2011 18:11 ET by Scott Bradley

Any chances you are running a tank dry and you need to x-feed to another tank - one with fuel? I don't know airbuses, but has happened to me in boeings.

Scott Bradley

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Posted onPost created on January 04 2011 18:44 ET by Michael Brown

Scott Bradley wrote:

Any chances you are running a tank dry and you need to x-feed to another tank - one with fuel? I don't know airbuses, but has happened to me in boeings.

Never seen a fuel issue effect N1 .... His engines are not off in his photo, EGT is normal, so is N2 & Fuel Flow .... like Ryan said, looks like a gauge issue.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

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Posted onPost created on January 04 2011 21:45 ET by Justin Lawrence

I have the same problem, but when it happens, my plane stalls. It seems to happen when I'm using FSINN weather.

JML

Justin Lawrence

Captain, A320

Posted onPost created on January 05 2011 16:14 ET by Matthew Kerby

Yes, I've tried disabling the weather but it still happens. Though, I noticed that if I just let the plane fall out of the sky the Engines came back at around 20,000 feet. I started climbing again and lost power again at around 33,000.

So I sat at 29,000 for awhile and slowly creped up to 35,000. I think it might be a combination of things, but maybe climbing too fast is one of them.

I'll check Wilco for updates as well.

Matthew Kerby

Captain, B747-400

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