Author Topic: E6b.....idea (Read 839 times)

straffo · « **Reply #30 on:** May 24, 2004, 03:41:30 PM »

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Originally posted by SlapShot
This E6B data is completely new to me. I understand what I am looking at, but please explain to me what positve effects this data will have for me in AH II while I fly in the MA. How can I use it to my advantage ?

Change plane for a week , use exclusively Yak ,Lavotchin (5 you're not a dweeb

) and typhoon.

It won't give you an advantage but you will perhaps not ditch like me mid-way from your take off field just because you didn't spent your time looking at fuel.

SlapShot · « **Reply #31 on:** May 24, 2004, 03:58:39 PM »

Well ... It's not going to buy me anything there guys.

I pay close attention to my gas loadout in any plane that I fly before rollling, and I pay close attention while in flight/fight.

Very rarely do I run out of gas, but arrive back at the base with just one tick left on the gas guage many times.

Anything else ?

Octavius ... I see that you have aquired a very bad gas problem since the dramatic weight loss ...

straffo · « **Reply #32 on:** May 24, 2004, 05:01:39 PM »

If you don't want to test what could I say ?

When I look at your stat I see you just fly plane having big tanks like P38 or F6F.

I can't believe you need to manage fuel in those planes even at 25% you have enought to grab alt and find a fight.

That's not true in typhoon or yak.

Easyscor · « **Reply #33 on:** May 24, 2004, 05:31:49 PM »

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Originally posted by SlapShot
I am not trying to prolong this thread or still argue the point.

Guttboy/Easyscor or anybody else ...

This E6B data is completely new to me. I understand what I am looking at, but please explain to me what positve effects this data will have for me in AH II while I fly in the MA. How can I use it to my advantage ?

Note: I do not fly bombers.

In your P38 you won't find it of much use in the CT or MA however, when you fly special events, with typical flight plans covering hundreds of miles and lasting 60 minutes, weight and fuel endurence is critical. As I said above, the E6B will save hours of testing to find the lightest fuel load for the trip or in some cases determining if the trip is even possible.

SlapShot · « **Reply #34 on:** May 24, 2004, 06:00:12 PM »

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Originally posted by straffo
If you don't want to test what could I say ?

When I look at your stat I see you just fly plane having big tanks like P38 or F6F.

I can't believe you need to manage fuel in those planes even at 25% you have enought to grab alt and find a fight.

That's not true in typhoon or yak.

straffo,

Those are what I have been flying lately. I am quite familiar with the Yak, La-7, Spit V, and many others that don't quite have the amount of fuel capacity as the F6-F or the P-38. No matter what I fly, I always pay close attention to my gas gauge.

I fly most often with a 50% load in a P-38, so when two big engines are working very hard to keep me alive, the fuel consumption is always a consideration.

Easyscor,

That is the first good reason for E6B that I have seen, but as you have pointed out, it really is only good to save setup time in scenarios.

iceMAW would have loved this when I flew for the MAW. He use to get the orders and spend a considerable amount of time flying the routes to figure out what optimum fuel loadout we should take prior to the scenario.

straffo · « **Reply #35 on:** May 25, 2004, 01:36:18 AM »

Let contine here http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1233447#post1233447

My point is not the access to the E6B but more the multiplier.

I agree that with a 50% p38 fuel management as to be considered.
But the main difference between a yak and a 38 is that you can chose to have less fuel when the option to have more fuel don't exist in a yak.