FSX-SE: Help with default 747-400 fuel system

Hello all:

 

Decided to take a leap and fly from Denver to Ireland today. All was going well until I lost all four engines not that far across the US. I discovered that fuel was only feeding from the left and left auxiliary tanks, and I have given up on finding a functional x-feed switch.

 

Does anyone know how to get fuel out of all the tanks??? I would appreciate any help!

 

Thanks...

his must be something that is set in your startup flight.

 

To restore the original default flight:

close fsx,

find fsx.cfg file,

open it,

change

situation=[whatever it says]

to:

situation=

close and save fsx.cfg file,

start fsx.

 

 

You find the fsx.cfg file in:

C:\Users\(YOUR USERNAME)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX

 

And to see that file (and folder) you first need to:

open an explorer window,

click "Organise"

click "Folder and search options"

click the "View" -tab,

select "Show Hidden Folders And Files"

and de-select "Hide Extensions Of known File Names",

and click "OK".

I'll give that a try as soon as I get to Dublin... I'm just transferring fuel manually for now.

 

Happy flying!

Thanks for the suggestion -- I think it might work. I still have no control over the fuel flow from the cockpit, but at least it is now emptying a center tank instead of the left/left auxiliary tanks. We'll see what happens when the center tank is empty. Hoping it will automatically use fuel from the outboard tanks.

Thanks for this. Printed this procedure out for the future.

 

The issue seems to have resolved on its own. I do not have the left bank any longer. Not sure what has changed but I'll take it for now.