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Hi yall

I would like to add a center fuel tank to a Boeing 733 Stratocruiser. I copied the info from one of the Lockheed L049A Constellations center fuel tank. The problem that I have is getting the location right as the location of the center fuel tank of the Connie would by different from the B733. Here is the fuel section form the B733 with the center fuel tank from the Connie


[fuel]
max fuel 7790 USG=46,740lbs @ 6.0lbs/USG
LeftMain=0,-15,0,3895,0
RightMain=0,15 ,0,3895,0
( Center1=0, -7.5, 0, 1555, 25 )
fuel_type=1.000000
number_of_tank_selectors=4
electric_pump=1

Cuold some one brake down the number for me. I'm gessing that the forth line of numbers is the amount of fuel each fuel tank holds. My question is wich line of number is left, right, forword, and back. I know that I would need to get the center tank in the right place, or the aircraft would be off centerd. That for me will be trial, and error.

The first line refers to the longitudinal axis of the plane [from nose to the tail]. Positive values aim towards the nose.

Second line refers to the lateral axis [from wingtip to wingtip]. Positive values aim towards the right wingtip.

Third line refers to the vertical axis [from the belly to the roof]. Positive values aim towards the roof.

Fourth line refers to fuel capacity.

Fifth line refers to the amount of fuel space left unused.

This is all no different than placing the wheel contacts and scrape points.

A good reference for working on anything within the aircraft.cfg file is the MSFS2004 Aircraft Container SDK
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2004_downloads_sdk.asp#aircraftcontainer

Dave

Thanks for your help.

It looks like I've got the center fuel tank setup. Does FS by default draw off of all of the fuel tanks at one time, and if so can a person set wich fuel tanks are to be used?