Author Topic: Fuel Endurance Posted (Read 353 times)

xHaMmeRx · « **on:** October 05, 2004, 09:02:53 AM »

Greetings All,

I've posted a Fuel Endurance page showing fuel endurance at full power. Currently, the majority of the numbers listed come from a quick look at the E6B after the engine revs up. This data pretty close on the couple of planes I have actually tested so far.

Ultimately, I will get actual measurements and add info on how far you can go on max cruise with a 1/4 tank (or something like that, haven't decided yet).

Hope it helps.

JB73 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2004, 09:06:51 AM »

that reading is incorrect (the right after startup)... also wrong on climbout.

take a reading 30 seconds after the eng fired, then look again in 30 sec, then again in 1 min.

you will see it has gone up since right after the engine fired over...

ALSO take a reading climbing, then level off with E6B up and watch what happens.

~~sir for keeping that site up, just wanted to inform about this inaccuracy, hoping to make the net aces even better.~~

straffo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2004, 09:12:56 AM »

Look to be ok for the typhoon and the Yak

Btw I think you made a typo , there is 2 entries in your list for the Yak9-t

xHaMmeRx · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2004, 09:13:33 AM »

JB, don't know about that. I have actually tested 3 aircraft from takeoff to out of fuel and found them all to be within 1 minute of the initial E6B reading. I did various flying around in all of them just to kill the time.

I will take another look at it this evening when I get home from work (by testing a couple of more planes) and post results.

GScholz · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2004, 09:16:53 AM »

If you fly above rated altitude you can increase range/time drastically.

Karnak · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2004, 10:12:15 AM »

I'll echo GScholz and ask what altitude you're testing at. Altitude has a huge impact. If you could include that in a note it would be nice.

A few other notes, 1) we're getting a B-24J not a B-24D, 2) the Ki-61 in AH is a Ki-61-I-Tei and 3) the Me262 and Ar234 are missing their data.

Thanks for your efforts.

MOSQ · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2004, 11:35:51 AM »

Hammer,
Good Job, Thanks !

Altitude does make a difference in some planes. As you climb, you can watch the GPH change dramatically on some planes, on others it hardly changes at all.

A good compromise would probably be to list the times at 5,000 ft. Although what you've done is probably perfectly fine. This is a good starters guide, it's up to the individual to learn the quirks of their favorite plane.

I noticed you still have the old field maps posted at NetAces. Are you going to use the field maps I sent you ? The only thing that is incorrect on them that I've noticed is the location of the map room at Vehicle Hangars has been moved from when I .pdfluffied the map package.

xHaMmeRx · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2004, 11:54:39 AM »

MOSQ

I have to apologize. If you sent me field maps (and I have no reason to doubt it,), they got lost somewhere in my transition from overseas to back home. Send them again and I will post them. I was actually just going to save the clipboard maps in some other format and post them...all a matter of time!

MOSQ · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2004, 12:19:17 PM »

OTW. Let me know if you don't get them.