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===== Good to know! ===== | ===== Good to know! ===== | ||
- | * Most importantly: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ANY CHEATING | + | * First things first: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ANY TYPE OF FRAUD OR ABUSING |
- | * Such actions | + | * Such actions |
- | * **Actions include, but are not limited to: Deliberate user of another aircraft | + | * //**This means time compression, intentionally using wrong planes |
- | * If you are new to FTW, look for charter jobs or visit the job exchange to get lucrative jobs | + | * If you are new to FTW, keep an eye out for charter jobs or check out the job board for lucrative jobs. |
- | * There are no license restrictions in the job market. You may fly these jobs with a PPL-A license | + | * There are no license restrictions in the job board. You can fly these jobs even with a PPL-A license. |
- | * If you want to fly higher licenses than PPL-A from the beginning, find an airline that can provide these planes | + | * If you want to fly higher licenses than PPL-A from the beginning, find an airline that can provide these aircraft |
- | * **Charter jobs cannot be deleted after they have been accepted.** They must be fulfilled or they must expire on their own. If you reject a charter job, you will only be offered a new one after one hour. **Exception: | + | * **Charter jobs cannot be deleted |
- | * There is no bank in FTW where you can borrow money. However, there are pilots and airlines that finance | + | * There is no bank in FTW where you can borrow money. However, there are pilots and airlines that finance |
- | * **Please | + | * In the simulation, please |
===== FAQ ===== | ===== FAQ ===== | ||
- | ==== Fuel consumption and " | + | ==== Fuel consumption and " |
- | One thing first: FTW strongly advises | + | First of all: FTW strongly advises to use the MSFS or modifications for it with caution and a watchful eye at the moment, the simulator is in an early phase and still has many problems and bugs. Among others wrong fuel consumption and sudden teleport. Other sims also have their little bugs, but we have them quite well under control. |
Now to the actual topic: | Now to the actual topic: | ||
- | FTW has such a wide range of aircraft for a reason. If you don't have a 777 in the sim, you should not fly missions | + | FTW does not have such a large selection |
- | Please pay attention to your fuel consumption on all your flights (especially with MSFS), it should be about the same per hour as the fuel consumption in FTW. (small arrow next to the aircraft name in the hangar → fuel consumption, | + | Please pay attention to your fuel consumption on all your flights (especially with the MSFS), it should be approximately congruent |
- | You should also try to avoid exceeding the maximum TAS (also shown there) on average | + | You should also avoid exceeding the maximum TAS (also visible |
- | If the values don't match when you use the right plane in the simulator, something seems to be wrong with your simulation. FTW did not make these values up out of thin air, they are taken from the manufacturers' | + | Equally important are the maximum payload, number of passengers and cargo capacity, if you fly a plane with 50to payload, 200PAX and 20to cargo in FTW, you should not fly one with 25to payload 100PAX and 10to cargo in your sim, this is simply cheating |
- | After several flights with wrong fuel consumption and too high TAS FTW checks the values from the flights. This has become necessary because lately (unintentionally | + | If the values do not match when you use the correct aircraft in the simulator, there seems to be something |
- | TAS: True airspeed (TAS) is the actual speed of an aircraft relative to the surrounding air. In the standard atmosphere at sea level and below 100 knots, | + | FTW checks |
- | First of all the aircraft | + | TAS: True airspeed (TAS) is the actual speed of an aircraft relative to the surrounding |
- | The True Airspeed | + | True Airspeed (TAS) = indicated airspeed |
- | Maximum TAS: Manufacturer' | + | Example: IAS 100 kts at 5000 ft → TAS = 100 + 5*2 = 110 kts |
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- | Simple rule: MAX TAS I don't have to exceed, | + | |
==== I can't select a filling station when filling up === | ==== I can't select a filling station when filling up === | ||
If you have selected a non-FTW-Oil station before, then sometimes you can't select the FTW-Oil station afterwards - the field is deactivated. This is a bug. | If you have selected a non-FTW-Oil station before, then sometimes you can't select the FTW-Oil station afterwards - the field is deactivated. This is a bug. | ||
Restarting the browser once (or logging out and logging in again?) should fix the problem. | Restarting the browser once (or logging out and logging in again?) should fix the problem. | ||
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+ | ==== General information about fuel accounting at FTW ==== | ||
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+ | Brief explanation of the fuel system in ftw: | ||
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+ | __Basics:__ | ||
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+ | - In FTW standard consumption values for all machines are stored, these are first only numbers in a data base, but can become relevant for the user under circumstances. (However, none of us has sucked these from the fingers, these come from the POHs of the appropriate machines, official data and in addition often still from test flights with the appropriate Addons of various simulations. Data is given in kg/h and can be found in the aircraft info if you unfold it). | ||
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+ | __Procedure of fuel accounting at FTW:__ | ||
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+ | - First of all FTW takes the fuel consumption sent by the respective simulation, i.e.: x kg were consumed, according to the simulation. | ||
+ | (The fuel level at the beginning of the flight minus the fuel level at the end of the flight is not calculated, but the live sent consumption from the simulation is used). | ||
+ | And it shows that value in Yaacars. | ||
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+ | - When you try to bill the flight in the terminal: Then FTW checks if this consumption agrees with the stored value in the database to xx percent. (Thereby the tolerance is designed very much in favor of the user). | ||
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+ | - If this sent value corresponds to the expected value +-xx percent, all is well and the sent consumption is calculated. | ||
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+ | - If the sent consumption deviates more than xx percent downwards from the expected consumption, | ||
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+ | - If this is the case, FTW reserves the right to ignore the sent consumption for reasons of fairness and equality of all users and to calculate with the standard consumption that is stored in the DB. | ||
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==== No more fuel in the tanks ==== | ==== No more fuel in the tanks ==== | ||
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==== Re-Fuel during multi-stop flights ==== | ==== Re-Fuel during multi-stop flights ==== | ||
- | * After starting the flight in the **Terminal** and **Yaacars**, | + | - After starting the flight in the **Terminal** and **Yaacars**, |
- | * Land and end the flight in **Yaacars**. Ignore the warning message saying you are not at your destination airport. | + | |
- | * In the **Terminal**, | + | |
- | * Refuel the airplane and start the flight in the **Terminal** | + | - **Refuel** the airplane |
- | * Retrieve the new flightplan in **Yaacars** and configure your airplane. Continue your flight to your destination airport. | + | - **Retrieve** the new flightplan in **Yaacars** and configure your airplane. Continue your flight to your destination airport. (Start flight in yaacars.) |
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+ | Important: Check if the airport has fuel in ftw! (Class 1 to 7 are safe to use). | ||
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==== My SIM has crashed, I had a Crash-To-Desktop (CTD) ==== | ==== My SIM has crashed, I had a Crash-To-Desktop (CTD) ==== | ||
- | * First and foremost: Stay calm. =) | ||
- | * Copy the coordinates from the Yacaars LAT and LON fields or write them down on a piece of paper. Also note your current altitude. | ||
- | * Check the **Fuel in FTW** field in Yaacars. IF this reads " | ||
- | * Check the Yacaars log for keywords like WARP or REFUEL. If you see those, the flight will not be salvageable. | ||
- | * In Yaacars, suspend the flight. | ||
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+ | * The next step is the sim restart. | ||
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+ | * Select the coordinates from the copied LAT and LONG numbers from Yaacars as the starting point. The user has to find out how to do this in detail for the different sims. (Here the plane can even be on the ground or in a radius of a few NM from the actual point, FTW is tolerant). | ||
+ | * When the sim has loaded and you are no longer in the menu, pause the sim. | ||
+ | * In Yaacars under " | ||
+ | * Transfer the displayed fuel value into the sim, and continue the flight as usual with "start flight" | ||
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+ | * It should be noted that this feature is experimental. It has worked in countless tests, but there are a lot of variables involved that we cannot influence. | ||
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- | * Restart your SIM and position your flight approximately at the location where you crashed and also at the same altitude. | ||
- | * In Yaacars, retrieve the flight plan and configure your flight as per the values shown. | ||
- | * Continue your flight. Good luck! |