Ready or not, clear the way, im coming in!!

[Flying Mouse]

I had a flight from northen Scotland towards Iceland.

I just reached land as I approached from the South East. Yet I still had another 100nm before reaching my destinantion.

Then it happend, I was at 12000 feet, autopilot engaged and read my FSX magazine then the left motor started to stutter, shortly after that RPM dropped and the motor died.

Since my co-pilot is a veg, yeah I have one, flying the add-on Curtiss available in the vinatage section, and did not tell me we are out of fuel. I then secured the engine and set my trim to start the emergency glide slope.

I was fortunuate because I was close to another airport, I decided i'll be able to still land without declaring an emergency with one engine, then came the other problem, engine 2 quit on me...Thanx co-pilot, wonder where he bought his licence..

Securing that engine and once again trimmed the aircraft for decend and ultimate disaster. I then chanded the transponder code and this is where my question comes.

WHY when I add the emergency code into the transponder does the airport not confirm my emergency and hold off approaching traffic.

I flew to the airport, centre of it, and decended anti clocwise to enable an emergency approach, yet traffic were comming from all directions. I have traffic on 100%.

I did something wrong for them not to make it my birthday?

Mouse

[reider]

Unless its changed, as far as I know FSX has no emergency setup at all other than in the missions, which are quite far from reality.  There are no emergency transponder codes, and one would have to be declared on the ATC comms radio anyway prior to changing any transponder code.  The ATC comms radio indeed, has no facility to declare the said emergency in the first place.  Only an add on would allow this sort of thing.

Reider

[Flying Mouse]

Rather sad to hear, anyway I guess running out of fuel doesint happen all the time and when it does, well I'll just dodge 737's and runway ducks.

..and hopefully we get that worthy add-on in due course.

Thanx for the info reider, much appreciated...

Mouse  :)

[BFMF]

Blaming it on the co-pilot...

The PIC is still responsible, and in charge of everything

[an-225]

^ True.

As the PIC, you can also throw one passenger, of your choice, off any flight. If you are getting heckled by peer pressure, nothing beats throwing the co-pilot out the door! You are stuck with one person though, if you are flying a C-130/707/Concorde etc.

[MattNW]

Yeah, it's not the copilot's fault. First mistake was not calculating the fuel correctly in the first place before taking off. Second mistake was not calculating the fuel usage correctly while in flight. You already admitted to the third mistake running out of fuel.  :P

Always calculate the fuel prior to and during flight and always leave enough reserve to make it to an alternate airport and never use that reserve unless it's absolutely necessary.

[logjam]

The real mistake was using US Gals for fuel instead of imperial gals. You should know that a US gal is 20% smaller than a real gallon.

[Flying Mouse]

Guilty as charged I guess  ::)

Logjam, I appreciate that bit of info, didint knew that, guess that is part of why my tank ran dry.

But again, I was at 12000 feet and did 180 knots, but my RPM was set higer then the recommended economic cruise.

Maybe that contributed too, guess I will be more aware of the fueling issue on future long trips.

Thanx All  ;)

P.S As for the co-pilot, Ill forgive him this time  ;D