Lockheed Electra bugs found

Still haven't got the DME to work no matter what I try. Had another oddity happen today flying from Tucson to New Orleans.

Somewhere west of Austin, TX the engines both died. I hadn't been paying attention and both engines were getting fuel from the left wing tank. This confused me because shortly after takeoff I had switched both the left and right fuel selector to AUX and both switched were still in that position, yet the right main was at 98% and the AUX (Center) tank was at 98% and the Left main tank was...obviously...dry.

I could not get the engines to relight no matter what tank and xfeed configuration I selected so I dead sticked...she glides very well without power by the way...into a farmer's field and then tried repeatedly to restart the engines. Nothing I did would get them to light.

I reloaded the aircraft and tried different fuel switch configurations and it worked as expected. AUX selected drew from the center tank, left main/right main drew from left and right wing tanks, and left main/right xfeed drew from the left only.

I do know this. Shortly after takeoff when I made the fuel tank switch to AUX I did the left one with a right click from LEFT MAIN to AUX. When I did the right side I also right clicked and turned the fuel selector off. The engine started to die and I immediately left clicked twice...very quickly...to the AUX position. Is it possible somehow the addon thought I left clicked three times to XFEED, the only configuration I could discover drew only from the left wing? I know for a fact the selector was on AUX though.

Randy

Edit: I have solved, I think, the fuel selector issue. For years I have followed the "Load the default Cessna" rule when using payware and then switch to the payware. When I did that it ran fine on LEFT MAIN/RIGHT MAIN drawing fuel from the respective tank to engine consumption, but as soon as I switched to AUX it began feeding both engines from only the LEFT MAIN. No amount of selector changes would stop that configuration. However, if I loaded the L10A directly at the beginning of my session the tanks made the appropriate selections and I could move back and forth between different configurations including XFEED.

I just checked FSX Accel version and the Boise VOR, BOI, is listed as a VOR?DME.

I just checked my Electra and the DME works fine with BOI feq tuned to either Nav1 or Nav2,  Did you check to make sure the DME radio was turned on, and tuned to N1 or N2?

I'm not sure what the range of the DME transmitter on the ground is.  It might not extend out as far as the VOR signal.  Something to check.

I recently...as in a few days ago...purchased this wonderful aircraft to use in FSX. For the life of me I cannot get any display in the DME gauge in front of the copilot and I do not see one a gauge in front of the pilot. I have turned the gauge on and it makes no difference if I select N1 or N2, neither choice displays a distance. I have verified and confirmed that I was on the correct frequency of a VOR with DME and the NAV needle pointing directly at the VOR (as well as the aircraft flying directly to it.

The one I chose was the Boise VOR, BOI, and the needle started tracking the VOR about 150 miles out to the best I could estimate, yet no matter how much closer I got the DME gauge never lit up. Yes, it was on and yes, I had the right NAV system selected.

I saw in this thread one tiny reference to using the instrument light dimmer dial and it would appear, but either I am using the wrong switch or that doesn't work for me.

Also, as an aside. Is there any way that any one knows of to "add" the Bubble Sextant to the panel as a "popup"? I really became interested in this aircraft after reading some history about Amelia Earhart's flight in 1937 and would like to duplicate her route. That will be near impossible without a sextant, which is available at AVSIM and does work in both FS2004 and FSX.

Randy

Not sure about the Electra, but this could be correct.

Apologies for the delay. The Electra service pack 2 is now available - http://www.justflight.com/support/electra-model-10a/a1807fc

ILS indicator fixed Optional increased VC lighting intensity added (see notes below) Aircraft.cfg descriptions added Taxi lights fixed NAV and RMI gauge logic adjusted ​NAV and RMI gauge rotation animation fixed Altimeter barometric pressure animation fixed ADF needle direction fixed ADF radio updated to allow decimal KHZ to be changed Turn indicator fixed Whiskey compass east/west markings fixed PDF manual updated

andresico wrote: Martyn wrote: The developer should be providing us with an updated build on Friday, so hopefully we'll be in a position to release the update sometime next week. THis was 3 weeks ago. Any news?

More news about the update would be nice. Love this plane, hope it hasn't been forgotten! :-)

Martyn wrote: The developer should be providing us with an updated build on Friday, so hopefully we'll be in a position to release the update sometime next week.

I am wating on this and a update for the Fokker 27. Will we be emailed when it's available? Sorry for asking about about both planes here but since it's tbe same question didn't think you'd mind.:-)