Bug #455
Updated by Ted about 11 years ago
When a radially-mounted stack of tanks includes a fuel line running from an upper tank to the rocket core, fuel is drawn from the tank below the tank with the fuel line before the upper tank is dry.
h2. Steps to Reproduce
# Construct a simple rocket consisting of a central stage with one or more tanks and engines.
# Add a radially-mounted decoupler, then a stack of two or more tanks and an engine.
# Launch the rocket and monitor fuel flow.
# Note that fuel will initially drain from the upper radially-mounted tank, as expected.
# Return to the VAB and attach a fuel line from the upper radially-mounted tank to the central stage's tank.
# Launch the rocket and monitor fuel flow.
h2. Observed Behavior
The radial engine will draw fuel from the _lower_ tank.
h2. Expected Behavior
The radial engine should draw fuel from the upper tank, as it would normally. The presence of a fuel line shouldn't affect this.
h2. Notes
I no longer have a copy of 0.18 or 0.19.0 installed, so I can't test for this behavior in older versions.
When a radially-mounted stack of tanks includes a fuel line running from an upper tank to the rocket core, fuel is drawn from the tank below the tank with the fuel line before the upper tank is dry.
h2. Steps to Reproduce
# Construct a simple rocket consisting of a central stage with one or more tanks and engines.
# Add a radially-mounted decoupler, then a stack of two or more tanks and an engine.
# Launch the rocket and monitor fuel flow.
# Note that fuel will initially drain from the upper radially-mounted tank, as expected.
# Return to the VAB and attach a fuel line from the upper radially-mounted tank to the central stage
h2. Steps to Reproduce
# Construct a simple rocket consisting of a central stage with one or more tanks and engines.
# Add a radially-mounted decoupler, then a stack of two or more tanks and an engine.
# Launch the rocket and monitor fuel flow.
# Note that fuel will initially drain from the upper radially-mounted tank, as expected.
# Return to the VAB and attach a fuel line from the upper radially-mounted tank to the central stage's tank.
# Launch the rocket and monitor fuel flow.
h2. Observed Behavior
The radial engine will draw fuel from the _lower_ tank.
h2. Expected Behavior
The radial engine should draw fuel from the upper tank, as it would normally. The presence of a fuel line shouldn't affect this.
h2. Notes
I no longer have a copy of 0.18 or 0.19.0 installed, so I can't test for this behavior in older versions.
When a radially-mounted stack of tanks includes a fuel line running from an upper tank to the rocket core, fuel is drawn from the tank below the tank with the fuel line before the upper tank is dry.
h2. Steps to Reproduce
# Construct a simple rocket consisting of a central stage with one or more tanks and engines.
# Add a radially-mounted decoupler, then a stack of two or more tanks and an engine.
# Launch the rocket and monitor fuel flow.
# Note that fuel will initially drain from the upper radially-mounted tank, as expected.
# Return to the VAB and attach a fuel line from the upper radially-mounted tank to the central stage