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I had it running fine (all gauges were normal), take off was normal, went straight (vertical) to FL300 and got too 700kias (putting it through its pace's). But then a host of warning lights came on (Hydraulic pressure, Fuel pressure, gen, etc) and the engine died. Fortunately, because I had gone to FL300 via the vertical method I was only about 30 miles from the airport and was able to glide to the runway without a hitch.

Any ideas on why the engine quit on me?

ran out of fuel

kcgb wrote:

QUOTE (kcgb @ Dec 16 2010, 02:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ran out of fuel

No it wasn't that, I had to dump fuel to make it back. I took off about 5mins earlier with a full fuel load.

Made me think twice though.

Bird strike... high flying Russian spy pigeons, sneaky bunch
Umm... seriously though, what F16 are you using? Is it FSX compatible?

AlisterC wrote:

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Dec 16 2010, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Bird strike... high flying Russian spy pigeons, sneaky bunch
Umm... seriously though, what F16 are you using? Is it FSX compatible?

Yeah it sure is, its a brand new IRIS F-16D. i guess there were some drawbacks for getting it for $5.

Did you have any 'failures' settings on? Or is your 'engine stress causes damage' setting turned on?

Did it come with a manual? It might be so well simulated you can't just jump in and turn it into a space rocket

AlisterC wrote:

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Dec 16 2010, 10:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Did it come with a manual? It might be so well simulated you can't just jump in and turn it into a space rocket

I started it up by the manual, as well as taxi and take off. The only thing that I didn't do by the book was the vertical to 30,000 feet.

Maybe I missed a fuel switch or some thing?