[HoHun]

Hi everyone,

I just suffered from the "smoke in the cockpit" effect. On a night flight, the effect was pretty bad - there wasn't much I could see at all.

I first had thought my vision was lost to cabin-pressure-loss induced black-out and descended rather rapidly, but when I noticed this didn't improve affairs, the only thing that saved me was that the autopilot console was in an area not blacked out by the effect.

However, once in stabilized flight again, I found that I had no idea of how to clear the smoke from the cockpit in order to resume normal flight operations.

Any suggestions? Somehow I have the nagging feeling there's just nothing I could do ...

Thanks in advance,

Henning (HoHun)

[Mr 3D]

Thank God I thought it was just me. the only way I could get rid of smoke was to start off again as I couldn't open a window

[Peter Cole]

Go the Aircraft menu, select Equipment Failures and click on 'Reset all systems to operational' at the very top left. All fixed.

[Voidhawk9]

Aircraft> Equipment failures> Equipment 1> Check box in the lower-left corner.

[HoHun]

Hi Voidhawk,

>Aircraft> Equipment failures> Equipment 1> Check box in the lower-left corner.

Thanks, that's what I actually did to fix the situation - but I was thinking there might be a "proper" way to clear the cockpit by using simulation controls. For example, I tried shutting off the fuel supply engines since I thought maybe burning fuel was responsible for the smoke, but that didn't help.

If the equipment failure menu is the only way to get rid of the smoke, this particular failure seems to of little educational value - except to remind us of our mortality perhaps ...

(It's not like it's possible to fly with the screen obscured like that either ... at least for my night flight, there was no chance I would be able to land anywhere.)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

[Voidhawk9]

Plenty of real airplanes with rather limited means of clearing smoke! But yeah, just a reminder that 'oi, you're on fire'.

[Guy]

..... but I was thinking there might be a "proper" way to clear the cockpit by using simulation controls. .....

Don't know what you were flying, but in general:

Don O2
Bleed Air OFF; if more than one bleed air, turn OFF one at the time; if situation improves, leave that one OFF; if needed fly unpressurized; land as soon as practical.

Electric Smoke:
Don O2
All electrics OFF
Turn on most essential equipment ON again, one at a time; if situation gets worse again turn that equipment OFF; land as soon as practical.

If fire in cabin (is suspected) do not open window.

This is a generic procedure; I don't see why this should not be possible in X-Plane. We got an O2 quantity (pressure) indicator, but AFAIK, no switch to turn it ON, and we can not refill it as a consumable either.

[HoHun]

Hi Guy,

>Don't know what you were flying

Jacques Tupolev Tu-16 "Badger": http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?autoco...p;showfile=5278

It doesn't have pressure cabin or oxygen controls. (I believe oxygen was only added in 9.x, and it's an 8.6x aircraft.)

>but in general:

Thanks a lot!

>All electrics OFF

That's one of the things I was looking for ... I figured that there might be a good reason for the smoke, and if I'd remove that reason, the smoke might clear. (That's why I shut down the engines.)

>This is a generic procedure; I don't see why this should not be possible in X-Plane.

I agree, it should be possible! :-) But if it isn't yet, at least I won't feel guilty anymore if I simply "clear" the smoke by re-setting the failure menu!

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)