Yak 1 fuel gauges

[SCG_motoadve]

How does the fuel gauges work in the Yak 1?

Even if I select 60% fuel, when looking at the gauges on top of the wings , they show full.

Edited January 30, 2018 by motoadve

[Inkophile]

They only show the last 80 litres per wing, i.e. the last 160 litres of fuel. Anything more than that is not indicated anywhere.

[=X51=VC_]

There are two small gauges in the cockpit, one on each side, that say "litres" on them and they each go to 80. Are these mirrors of the wing fuel gauges?

[56RAF_Roblex]

There are two small gauges in the cockpit, one on each side, that say "litres" on them and they each go to 80. Are these mirrors of the wing fuel gauges?

 

Where exactly?    There are six gauges on the front panel but none are fuel.  There is a gauge low down just right of the panel which I have never seen explained and is marked up to 80; perhaps hydraulic pressure? On the right side is oxygen pressure & flow.

Edited January 30, 2018 by 56RAF_Roblex

[=X51=VC_]

Between the big wooden levers for reloading the MGs and the edge of the instrument panel, identical gauge on each side.

 

EDIT: just to clarify further, on the firewall panel, one directly forward of the elevator trim wheel, the other directly forward of the oil radiator wheel.

Edited January 30, 2018 by VC_

[-SF-Disarray]

I'm looking at those gauges you mention, and they are different from one another. Also, as a point of interest, those wood handles are not for reloading the guns, the little red pull thingies are.I think the wood handles are just hand holds for getting in and out of the plane.

 

The one on the right looks like a ambient temp gauge, it isn't labeled though so I can't say for sure. I can say for sure it isn't a fuel gauge though, it goes negative and that isn't a common feature of fuel tanks. The one on the left might be a fuel gauge, but again it isn't labeled. There is a third, again unlabeled gauge between the two weapon reloading pull tabs on the lower right, just above what I think is the radio control box. More testing and possible screenshots to follow.

 

I lowered the fuel level to 80 L and found no change on any of the internal gauges. Whatever they are measuring, it isn't fuel.

 

 

Edited January 30, 2018 by Disarray

[unlikely_spider]

I could swear that those wooden handles moved when I hit the "reload guns" key. Might have been in a different model.

 

And I LOL'd at your comment about negative fuel.

Are you thinking of Rise of Flight perhaps? I remember the handle movement being modeled when jammed guns needed to be unstuck.

[-SF-Disarray]

I thought the big wood handles were gun cocking handles too, at first. Then I tried it in a PE 2 and saw those red things at the top of the dash move, after that I started noticing that just about all the Soviet planes have those little red things. They are also labeled, unlike our mystery gauges, as MG and cannon reloaders. More fun facts: one of the toggle/pull thingies in the PE 2 is for putting out fires; I don't know how or if it works in game though.

[=X51=VC_]

I'm looking at those gauges you mention, and they are different from one another. Also, as a point of interest, those wood handles are not for reloading the guns, the little red pull thingies are.I think the wood handles are just hand holds for getting in and out of the plane.

 

The one on the right looks like a ambient temp gauge, it isn't labeled though so I can't say for sure. I can say for sure it isn't a fuel gauge though, it goes negative and that isn't a common feature of fuel tanks. The one on the left might be a fuel gauge, but again it isn't labeled. There is a third, again unlabeled gauge between the two weapon reloading pull tabs on the lower right, just above what I think is the radio control box. More testing and possible screenshots to follow.

 

I lowered the fuel level to 80 L and found no change on any of the internal gauges. Whatever they are measuring, it isn't fuel.

 

Yes you're right, the one on the far right is not identical to the one far left (I checked a low res screenshot when I made my earlier post), but the one between the red toggles is and goes from 0 to 80. I must be mis-remembering the "litres" label from the La-5 fuel gauge. But if you say they don't react to fuel level then I guess it doesn't matter anyway. Maybe they're supposed to be fuel gauges but not modelled?

 

Side note, under what circumstances do you need to cock the weapons? Can't see a need for this unless it's just a situation I haven't come across yet.

[curiousGamblerr]

 

 

Side note, under what circumstances do you need to cock the weapons? Can't see a need for this unless it's just a situation I haven't come across yet.

 

Pretty much the only aircraft I know of that uses this binding is the Bf 110. The E2 version requires its regular cannons to be reloaded, and while the standard cannons on the G2 don't need reloading, I believe the big 37mm it can carry does require reloading.

[Inkophile]

Also, as a point of interest, those wood handles are not for reloading the guns, the little red pull thingies are.

 

Can confirm this. The left and right little red handles are for recharging the left and right machine gun, respectively, and the left red handle of the two on the right are for recharging the cannon. However at a glance I can't see the large wooden handles mentioned in Самолет Як-1 Техническое Описание, Книга 2 (1942), so no idea what they are for.

 

As for the indicators the left one should be a manometer for the pneumatic system, and the right one an amperemeter for the radio set.

Edited January 30, 2018 by Inkoslav

[=X51=VC_]

Can confirm this. The left and right little red handles are for recharging the left and right machine gun, respectively, and the left red handle of the two on the right are for recharging the cannon. However at a glance I can't see the large wooden handles mentioned in Самолет Як-1 Техническое Описание, Книга 2 (1942), so no idea what they are for.

 

As for the indicators the left one should be a manometer for the pneumatic system, and the right one an amperemeter for the radio set.

 

Thanks for clearing that up, although it is funny they both conveniently have the same scale as the wing fuel gauges.

[Inkophile]

 

 

Not sure why it has the red handles too...maybe in this early model they had those handles to mechanically recharge the gun, while the three red handles were to do it pneumatically?

 

This seems plausible.

[[CPT]Pike*HarryM]

I think those (red switches) are electrical as they seem to say "not below 18A" which I assume is amps.

[216th_Jordan]

I think those (red switches) are electrical as they seem to say "not below 18A" which I assume is amps.

Or atmospheres, aka bar. (well at least almost) The soviets liked pneumatics

And you cant really measure amps before you need them, so this would only really make sense with voltage.

Edited February 1, 2018 by 216th_Jordan