peterhayes 0 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hi I notice in the aircraft payload menu for the BM that it is 74 (approx 34Kg) pounds overweight. Is this due to water ballast being full every time FSX starts? It doesn't seem to affect take-off performance. The un-powered glider is only 8 pounds (approx 3.7Kg) overweight. Is it anything to worry about? - Just ignore it? PeterH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhayes 0 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Hi Support Any response for this please? Thanks pH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A 39 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Hi I notice in the aircraft payload menu for the BM that it is 74 (approx 34Kg) pounds overweight. Is this due to water ballast being full every time FSX starts? It doesn't seem to affect take-off performance. The un-powered glider is only 8 pounds (approx 3.7Kg) overweight. Is it anything to worry about? - Just ignore it? PeterH Hi Peter, Sorry, the team must have missed this one, I did I personally don't take much notice therefore tend to ignore it. You could adjust the pilot and fuel weights to bring it down. Other than that Joachim will no doubt give you a more technical answer than I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhayes 0 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 James Thanks for that - further testing shows it has no effect on take-off performance. Regards PeterH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Schweigler 203 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I answered 2 times, and both answers are gone! Sorry. Here again: In reallife all the planes ha the same water tank size, but the motorized versions aren't allowed to be as heavy as the pure glider. I don't know why it happened, that the BM has overweight. We wantefd to prevent it, with making the watertanks smaller, then they are in reallife. It is no real issue. This happenes in reallife every day. In fact, there are people who overload their planes even more. FSX is really limited regarding the ballast system. You can't set it standard empty. So you must adjust it for each flight. Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhayes 0 Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Joachim Thanks - I'll adjust for every flight. Regards PeterH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Schweigler 203 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 In this case you can change the current entries in the aircraft.cfgs to this: [Water Ballast System] ;/Tank.n = Gallons, Long, Lat, Vert, iValve Tank.0= 1.03,-11.92, 0.00, 0.98, 2 //Rear Fuselage Tank.1= 19.95, -0.67, -8.11, 0.00, 1 //Left Outboard Tank.2= 19.95, -0.67, 8.11, 0.00, 1 //Right Outboard This is from Discus B Just take care that you'll really adjust. Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhayes 0 Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Joachim Those weights work perfectly Thanks PeterH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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