Airport Simulator First Class Fuel Truck
Vanya Lamunyon
As you can imagine, fuel is a major necessity for any airline as it is the life blood that keeps the planes in the air! In order to start supplying fuel you will need to have both a Fuel Station, a Fuel Depot, and a Fuel Truck (found in the Vehicle Depot.)
As with the other service buildings, the General tab will show you a summary for this particular building. It will show you the daily cost of operations, how much fuel this station has access to (See Fuel Depot), the flow rate and the income you will receive for fuel sold to the airlines. This is also the place to see how many fuel trucks you have assigned to this building to service your airport. With 6-7 ramps, its generally recommended to have at least 2 of these buildings to guarantee one fuel truck per ramp.
The Fuel Service tab will show you the overview of all of the Fuel Stations in your airport. You will see how many vehicle you have assigned total, as well as the level of your fuel trucks. It is essential to remember to upgrade this level, especially when you get to Medium Haul flights. The vehicle level will determine not only how fast the truck can pump fuel to the plane, but also how much fuel it can carry to meet the needs of the flight.
Just some help here. I finally started flying big jet planes (as I'm getting my pilot's license, always flew the Cessna) and wanted to refuel. landed at Tampa Int. and went to the gate in my 737. pressed ctrl J and got the jetway to go to me (thanks to the guys that told me). I pressed Shift F and got the fuel truck to me. The only thing is, it just kinda stood near the aircraft. and I have no clue how to get the baggage car to me, though I have never even seen it done. can anyone help me?
About the baggage car... You have to push Shift+E then push number 2 to open the cargo doors... The baggage truck and fuel trucks will only approach the aircraft if the engines are off... it they are running/idleing then they will not come... Remember, those are thrust engines!! They work by forcing air out the back through a turbine, then the reaction pushes the aircraft forward! Anything behind the aircraft will be pushed as well, and if the engines were running, will endure thousands of pounds of force...
Actually, I usually fly my B24 and am in the middle of a very lengthy flight. When I need fuel and land at an airport that has fuel trucks, I push shift+f and am told that I'm first in line, DO NOT shut down my engines and within a few minutes a truck shows up. What I have noticed is that when the truck finally show up, it takes a minute or so because within a few yards of my aircraft the truck starts creeping REALLY slow until I get a separate screen to input my desired fuel load and any changes in weight that I want. I don't know about the cargo because I'm not attaching to a jet way or anything. Oh, and prior to requesting fuel the fuel truck I request taxi to parking/fuel from ATC. But I NEVER shutdown my engines because I always have problems getting them started manually (I get a kick out of starting them manually)
Be sure to activate airport vehicles in the setting window that has, cars, boats and the other moving animation setting slides.
that's the last window on the right (if I remember) of the four settings windows.
What I did was went to Best Buy and bought the Wings of Power Aircraft Powerpack. Included in that was not the Polish B-24 but rather the American B-24, as well as B-17, B-29, P-51 and a gaggle of German Prop and jet aircraft from that same era. The add-on was less than $30 and is strongly recommended for a person thats into those type of aircraft by me. All 3D and 2D cockpits are amazing as well as the aircraft textures. All buttons and knobs work flawlessly, and the aircraft are pretty fun to fly. The creater's of the add-on consulted with the manufactur's and flight crews of those aircraft, so as well as getting outstanding quality aircraft that work the way that they are supposed to, you also get the quirkiness of the aircraft for that time. I give WoP 2 thumbs up and 2 big toes up. The only thing that I would change is the ordinance... You can open the bomb bay doors by using the spoiler key combo and the bomb bay doors open, but you can't drop the ordinance that is inside. But on the P-51, you can drop the drop tanks, but they don't explode when they hit the ground. Here are some pics...
I had the same problem in my 737-800 with the luggage doors. You have to press shift+e then quickly release and press 2. It might take a few tries but as soon as you've pressed shift+e you MUST release then quickly press 2. That should work!! ?
This appears to be an older post, but now that someone has resurrected it, I will ask my question. Will the Wings of Power work with FSX? When I open the link provided, it said it was for FS 2004. I get a kick out of flying the older aircraft, such as the DC3. I enjoy watching some of the older war movies which had these aircraft and marvel at the pilots who flew them.
The add-on Aircraft pack containing a318, a319, a320, a321 and a340. All nice and neatly listed in my
Airplane folder. I installed it a year or two ago into my FSX acc. Now that the winter is closing, I've been
testing the airbus pack, and doing some full scale flights. The only trouble I'm having is with the cargo
doors not opening on the A321's.
I have checked the cfg and the PDF, both contain same info and should open in the normal way, but they
don't.
This got me thinking! if it has to do with the .air file or the model... That will be a delicate matter (its been too
long ago) and I don't think I will be able to fix it. (maybe in the long run) unless they excluded doors from it.
So by asking here I was hoping more for a conformation.
I don't like messing around in add on planes or scenery. I'm sure the person(s) who created them know more
than I. I don't mind adjusting the Jetway settings and the Callsign now an then and most proggies from the past
I still have installed, I've just forgotten how to use them.
I'm not the only one who hasn't been answered. On a search through the well known forums for answers
quite a few had problems, mailed but no contact.
Some say it could be a FS2004 version or FS9. They react different than FSX.
I could check out the steam version......hmm.... No better not, There is nothing wrong with my FSX. It's the
add-on's. I doubt if the Steam version is better than the FSX I've nurtured and tweaked the last 20 odd years.
It's worth noting that the newer platforms like Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and X-Plane 12 have enhanced and more detailed ground services, so if ever you decide to venture into them, there's even more immersive content waiting for you.
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Hi,Can anyone tell me how u can open cargo/baggage doors and also have the ground vehicles approach them in FSX? (If it is possible)I have noticed on a few occasions now that the AI aircraft can open and close them and have the baggage and caterin...
This is how to get all the air trucks moving to u1. Go to options Display , Traffic. Then make the AIrport traffic is at very - low minimum. If its on Non at all u wont get the baggage truck etc.2.Next turn off ur engings, then open the main door ...
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