Andy245

Ok thanks for that, saves me researching it further. Seems a shame there is definitely an editable BOW. And there so much detail and so many features in the amazing CL650 I just thought maybe it edits the config. Ultimately depending on the customers specs the Challengers would come out of the factory within a certain weight bracket but not every aircraft will have exactly the same BOW. And during the service life of the aircraft any retro fitting of equipment would require re weighing the aircraft and updating the BOW. But thank you for the information

Doh I still got it wrong lol. Thanks for the info. I was kinda on the right track. Having 11 passengers and a stuardess in the jump seat would still be a believable scenario. I do tend most flights to stick to 2 to 8 passengers.

This was bugging me for a while until I came across the answer. It says in the manual and all the simbrief profiles that the challenger 650 carries 12 Passengers. But there only 11 seats, unless you count the loo. But who will want to sit in the loo during the flight. I didn't want to seem stupid by asking on here, so I just excepted it was probably a configuration thing, and our challenger was configured for 11 passengers. I even edited my simbrief profile for 11 passengers. Then I watched a YouTube video of someone showing around the cabin of a real world CL650. And in the galley they opened a cupboard and pulled out a folding seat. When in use it can face forward just behind and in the middle of the pilots acting as a jump seat. Or it can face the rear of the aircraft to accommodate a stuard/stuardess. I don't think a paying passenger would be expected to sit in this seat, but it would provide seating for 11 passengers and a stuardess. If anyone is really interested to see the video I could see if I can find it and put a link in this thread We learn something everyday. It's just a small point but it made me happy and it cleared up a mystery.

Hi everyone I only came over to xplane from fsx a year ago. I am trying to find the equivalent of the aircraft config file for the challenger so I can see for my self what is happening behind the scenes with regards aircraft weights. I have a theory that changing the BOW in the FMC defaults will update that airframes BOW (not all airframes are precisely the same). But I can't check my theory unless I can see what is happening to the airframes weight and balance in detail. Thank you in advance

I may have an answer. Did a flight today and placed a frame rate counter (something I don't normally watch). My setup is not a high end system probably not even mid range. It seems to be happening when the frame rate drops very low (I'm not going to give it a number, because it's embarrassing) So later today I'll re-instal the Challenger in 4k and watch some you tube videos on graphics settings and do another flight to see if there is any improvement.

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Hi all Just lately (last 3 or 4 flights) I am having this recurring problem where the aircraft starts oscillating today it seemed to be pitch only but in past flights pitch and roll. This continues to get worse until the autopilot kicks out. The weird thing is if I disconnect the AP the aircraft immediately calms down and I can hand fly with thumb and forefinger. Sometimes the problem will disappear and I think its sorted then later in the flight it returns I have tried no weather and I have taken out any curves in my yoke. I'm not sure what else it could be. I dare not do a long flight because I cant trust it to fly without being monitored. (And I wish the cleaners would be more careful when dusting the circuit breakers lol)

Hi I've done a quick search and didn't see anything on this. But when I try to delete an airframe in career mode nothing seems to happen. The registration remains in the list ?

I am hesitant to post this here, but I'm kinda lost for what to try. Not had time to fly for some weeks until today. I spent a lot of time planning the flight doing all the pre flight stuff all was going good until I called for pushback using better push. When they connected the nose door opened. And when they disconnected it did not close. I tried everything to get it to close. And it won't. So before anyone makes a suggestion, I know about the nose wheel doos switch behind the APU panel. I know about having hydrolic 1A or 1B on, I know about the pin that locks the gear door open. I had all pins removed, all hydraulics on and APU running switching the door from open to close did nothing ? Andy