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gonzo [General information about fuel accounting at FTW]
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 ===== Good to know! ===== ===== Good to know! =====
-  * Most importantly: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ANY CHEATING OR ABUSE OF FLAWS IN FTW  +  * First things first: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ANY TYPE OF FRAUD OR ABUSING OF ERRORS. 
-  * Such actions will lead to immediate exclusion from FTW, as they impact the general experience of other users. +  * Such actions can result in **//immediate exclusion from FTW//**. Because by doing so, such users diminish the gaming experience for everyone else.  
-  * **Actions include, but are not limited to: Deliberate user of another aircraft in the SIM than the one you have rented (e.g. B737 vs A320), fraudulent changes to the config of your SIM, abuse of system flaws or bugs, use of functionality not as intended by the programmers / developers** +  * //**This means time compression, intentionally using wrong planes in the sim, fraudulent changes to the CFG of your planes, exploiting possible bugs, using the system and its functions not in the true sense, concealing found errors and the like. **// 
-  * 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 (or found one ;-) ) +  * If you want to fly higher licenses than PPL-A from the beginning, find an airline that can provide these aircraft (or start one ;-) ) 
-  * **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: Air Rescue Missions and Flight Missions** +  * **Charter jobs cannot be deleted afterwards** after they have been accepted. They must be fulfilled or expire on their own. If you reject a charter job, you will be offered a new one only after one hour. As long as a charter job is in the backlog, no other flight can be performed. **Exception: Air Rescue and Missions**. 
-  * There is no bank in FTW where you can borrow money. However, there are pilots and airlines that finance airplanes. Just ask in the forum! +  * There is no bank in FTW where you can borrow money. However, there are pilots and airlines that finance aircraft. Just ask in the forum! 
-  * **Please make sure that your SIM's fuel consumption matches the fuel consumption of the aircraft rented in FTW.**+  * In the simulation, please make sure that the fuel consumption of your aircraft matches the fuel consumption in FTW. More about this below, under "Fuel consumption and "alternate aircraft"".
  
 ===== FAQ ===== ===== FAQ =====
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 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 ====
 +
 +Brief explanation of the fuel system in ftw:
 +
 +__Basics:__
 +
 +- 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). 
 +
 +__Procedure of fuel accounting at FTW:__
 +
 +- 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.
 +
 +- 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).
 +
 +- If this sent value corresponds to the expected value +-xx percent, all is well and the sent consumption is calculated.
 +
 +- If the sent consumption deviates more than xx percent downwards from the expected consumption, FTW assumes a problem with A) the stored consumption values in the sim B) a technical problem on the part of the sim at the user or C) intentional manipulation of the consumption values.
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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**, fly to the airport where you would like to refuel. +  - After starting the flight in the **Terminal** and **Yaacars**, fly to the airport where you would like to refuel. 
-* Land and end the flight in **Yaacars**. Ignore the warning message saying you are not at your destination airport. +  - Land and end the flight in **Yaacars**. Ignore the warning message saying you are not at your destination airport. 
-* In the **Terminal**, end and bill your flight. +  - In the **Terminal**, **end** and **bill** your flight. 
-* Refuel the airplane and start the flight in the **Terminal** +  - **Refuel** the airplane via terminal, make sure your assignments are still loaded and start the flight in the **Terminal** 
-* 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.) 
 + 
 + 
 +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 "0", your flight cannot be restored, as the SIM already told Yaacars you had no fuel left. 
-  * 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. 
  
-  * **TAKE A DEEP BREATH**+Solution:  
 + 
 +  * Keep calm. 
 +  * Take a look at the "Flight Data" tab of Yaacars, there you will find the fields "LAT" and "LON", these are your current/last coordinates sent by the sim. Copy them into your clipboard or better still write them down manually, they help you. 
 +  * Then take a look at the "Fuel" area on the top left, if "Fuel in FTW" is 0 or the coordinates are 0,0, the sim has already sent wrong fuel values at the moment of the crash and made the flight unrecoverable. 
 +  * Have a look at the log of Yaacars, if other errors have been displayed, because these are a hint if it is worth to continue the flight (WARP, REFUEL..). 
 + 
 +  * **If everything is ok, click on "Suspend Flight" in Yaacars, that stops the tracking and pauses it.(important to do that before you restart the sim and position yourself)** 
 + 
 +  *     The next step is the sim restart. 
 + 
 +  * 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 "Flight Plan" click on "Get flight plan from FTW". 
 +  * Transfer the displayed fuel value into the sim, and continue the flight as usual with "start flight" in yaacars. 
 + 
 +  * 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.  
 + 
 + 
  
-  * 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! 
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