Class AircraftFuelManager

Centralized fuel system manager that tracks fuel tanks, monitors consumption, and distributes fuel to consumers based on tank selection settings.

Inheritance

object

Object

Component

Behaviour

MonoBehaviour

AircraftFuelManager

Namespace: NWH.Aerodynamics.AircraftController.Fuel

Assembly: NWH.Aerodynamics.dll

Syntax

public class AircraftFuelManager : MonoBehaviour

Remarks

Automatically discovers all fuel tanks and consumers on the aircraft. Supports two modes: selective (specific tank) or balanced (all tanks equally). As fuel is consumed, the system updates total available fuel and affects aircraft weight/balance through the VariableCenterOfMass system. Triggers OnOutOfFuel event when selected tanks are depleted.

Fields

OnOutOfFuel

Event triggered when the selected fuel tank(s) are depleted. Use for engine shutdown, warnings, or emergency procedures.

Declaration

[Tooltip("Invoked when selected fuel tank(s) run out of fuel.")]
public UnityEvent OnOutOfFuel

Field Value

Type	Description
UnityEvent

consumers

All fuel consumers on this aircraft. Automatically populated on Awake.

Declaration

[Tooltip("List of aircraft fuel consumers.")]
public List<AircraftFuelConsumer> consumers

Field Value

Type	Description
List<AircraftFuelConsumer>

fuelTankSelector

Tank selection mode: -1 for balanced consumption from all tanks, or 0-n for specific tank index.

Declaration

[Tooltip("Set to -1 for all or 0 to n for fuel tank index.\r\nFuel tanks appear in hierarchy order.")]
public int fuelTankSelector

Field Value

Type	Description
int

Remarks

Use -1 to draw equally from all tanks (balanced consumption). Use specific index (0, 1, 2...) to draw only from that tank. Allows simulating tank switching procedures and single-tank operation.

fuelTanks

All fuel tanks on this aircraft. Automatically populated on Awake. Order matches hierarchy order for use with fuelTankSelector index.

Declaration

[Tooltip("List of aircraft fuel providers / fuel tanks.")]
public List<AircraftFuelTank> fuelTanks

Field Value

Type	Description
List<AircraftFuelTank>

totalAvailableFuel

Current sum of fuel in all selected tanks (in liters). Updated each FixedUpdate. Unselected tanks are excluded from this value.

Declaration

[Tooltip("    Total currently available fuel in the selected fuel tanks.\r\n    Fuel tanks that are not selected will be ignored.")]
public float totalAvailableFuel

Field Value

Type	Description
float

Properties

HasFuel

Returns true if any selected fuel tanks contain fuel.

Declaration

public bool HasFuel { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool