Fuel Loadouts

[Reynolds]

Okay, im tired of being the village idiot and having to ask "Is __% enough fuel to get to ___?" so, here it is. If any of you can "fill out the following blanks" for my favorite aircraft (Sorry, theres not enough room for all the A?C, so im just asking about my fav.s)

A B17 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

a B24 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Bf-109F can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Bf-109G2 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Bf-109G14 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Bf-109K can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Bf-110G2 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Ju-87 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A Ju-88 can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

An SBD Dauntless can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added

A TBM Avenger can go ___ miles with each 25% of fuel added


Thanks! It would take a really long time to expreiment with all of those, so if any of you just happen to know any of these, please tell me.

[Schatzi]

The problem with that is..... fuel range depends on loadout, altitude (!), maneuvering, engine settings, (arena settings/fuel burn rate) etc etc etc....


If you want to check your current fuel range, just open the E6B.

You can always hop offline, change your fuel burn in arena settings to 2.0 (=MA setting) and fill those blanks yourself. Up the plane with the respective loadout, start the engine and open the E6B on your clipboard.... when rmp/MP are to full, check the time. Fuel range depends on current speed of course, so youd have to climb to about 1K, level out and wait till your at cruise speed to approximate range in miles.

[Angus]

Apart from climb and the time to get the speed to cruise, each additional 25% will mean a little less than the 25% before.
But that's small change.
It's climb and alt that matter.
A thumb rule for a fighter like the Spit or 109F is that a full tank (Spit IX- 109F i.e.) will allow you a combat radius for one sector.

[Ghosth]

Reynolds, I'll make this easy for you sir.

Pick the plane your interested in, go to a back airfield, well away from any action.

Load 25% fuel, jump to the runway, pull up the E6B on the clipboard.
Crack full throttle, look at the "range" write down the result.
Exit, load 50%, rinse, repeat.

In 10 min you'll know exactly what you want to know.

FYI most bombers will do 6 sectors on 25% fuel. Unless your climbing to 30k first that is.

[Stoney74]

This is what I do:

For my favorite planes I have recorded the fuel burn for wep, military, normal, and max cruise settings.  Then, especially for bombers, I have calculated an average true airspeed for a climb to say, for B-17's, 26,000.  I also have an average climb fpm for that distance as well.  So, I know that at 50% fuel, its going to take X amount of time to climb, over a distance of X amount of miles.  That's going to be at full military power, so I take that time, mulitply it by the burn rate, and I know what it will take for the climb.  Then, I look at the remaining distance between the end of the climb and the target.  Mulitiply that distance by the normal power setting fuel burn.  Figure out an approximate landing field.  Multiply distance between target and landing field, mulitply that time normal fuel burn.  Add up all those gallon amounts and you've got a pretty good fuel consumption reading for that mission.  If you really wanted to geek out on it, pick your decent point for approach back at the landing field, and do a fuel required for descent and landing calc.

[Golfer]

D.I.Y.

Then you can keep your answers or post as the gracious gatherer of knowledge rather than the AH knowledge welfare handout seeker.

[Reynolds]

Thank you all, that is very helpgul!