P47D-11 drop tank indicator

[wrongwayric]

Ok flying this last night in the MA and the FSO i noticed that it will not show 0 or empty when the tank goes dry. In a steady constant climb it was taking me 12 seconds to burn 1 gallon of fuel so as i was watching i noticed you never get an indication that the tank is dry. 30 seconds after showing 1 gallon, it still showed 1 gallon.
Not sure if it's a bug, an oversight, or just the way it really was?

[splitatom]

when a droptank runs dry it shows up as a 1 but if you need max range it will show a 1 early so dont dumpit then look at the fuel gage

[Rolex]

There was no drop tank (digital) quantity indicator in that era. That is a game feature. Pilots estimated quantity by time and never ran a drop tank dry. Even an empty tank has a small amount unusable fuel remaining. It would never be 0.

[OOZ662]

They show remaining fuel in gallons plus one. This way you know when the DT is still attached but empty. When jettisoned, the count switches to zero (or 1 if there's two DTs and you drop one, ect).