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I have both the DASH 8 & the ATR 42/72 series from Virtualcol, and both acft - doesn't matter which series/model, has the same fuel issue. I fill both left and right tanks to the same qty, but the acft only feeds from the left tank. The qty on the right never changes. When the left tank reaches "0" qty, both engines shut down. Manipulating the pump and crossfeed switch's doesn't help.

Any one else have this issue, or seen this before?

I wrote Virtualcol, but they have not responded.

Thx

Can't answer your question directly, as I'm a casual flyer and seldom fly long enough or follow strict enough realism to switch tanks. However, the few Virtualcol aircraft I do have, were only purchased because of their low price. I therefore had low expectations regarding realism and graphics quality and they certainly lived up to those low expectations. Graphics quality is poor and almost all of them have very questionable flight models, to the point of being "arcadey" and/or annoying.

I'm therefore not in the least surprised about your fuel tank issue and despite being a real miser when it comes to buying add-ons, have not bought Virtualcol in a long time. The money saved is simply not worth the frustration and lack of immersion.

This should be an easy fix.
Every aircraft has a AIRCRAFT.CFG file and it is this file that controls things like Fuel the below is an example of a PAYWARE PMDG 737-800

[GeneralEngineData]
engine_type = 1
Engine.0 = -5.943, -16.470, -2.880
Engine.1 = -5.943, 16.470, -2.880
fuel_flow_scalar=1.2105
min_throttle_limit = -0.3719
max_contrail_temperature = -30


[TurbineEngineData]
fuel_flow_gain=0.002
inlet_area=22.619
rated_N2_rpm=13200.000
static_thrust=24200.000 /
afterburner_available=0
reverser_available=1
AfterBurnThrustSpecificFuelConsumption = 0


[fuel]
Center1= -1.884, 0.000, -1.800, 4299.000, 0.000
LeftMain= -9.110, -16.500, 1.600, 1288.000, 0.000
RightMain=-9.110, 16.500, 1.600, 1288.000, 0.000
fuel_type=2.000000
number_of_tank_selectors=1
electric_pump = 1
fuel_dump_rate = 0.0


These are the sections you need to look at
and the order they should be in
the line that is in bold is what determines fuel flow
most of the numbers you see here are where the engines and fuel tanks are positioned
the last numbers are how much fuel is in each tank
in this case
center 4299
leftmain 1288
rightmain 1288