Wigwag123 wrote on Mar 6^th, 2010 at 11:17pm:

I have the same problem with the power cutting out after flying for a little while. I was going to post about it, and then discovered this thread. So.... I copied and pasted the "electric_always_available=1", it seems to have made no difference. Did two flights in the last two days and the power cut out both times shortly after take-off. Does this fix work for everybody? Only after running the APU did I have power on again. Basically I have to run the APU all the time if I want to use my GPS (which I do). Also shouldn't the fuel load change after running the APU for a length of time on the ground? Thanks.

It works great for me. Are you sure you have entered the fix into the correct section of the aircraf.cfg?

[electrical]
electric_always_available = 1
max_battery_voltage = 24.0
generator_alternator_voltage = 30.0
max_generator_alternator_amps = 400.0

I always turn the APU off after I have started the engines. And as for the APU using fuel when being used. I believe it should, but I find that it doesn't seem to use any at all, no matter how long I use it for.

Note: I can't start the engines without the APU unless I use CTRL+E.

Mark