Fuel Range

[kfsone]

Would be nice if the MAP view gave you some sort of as-the-crow-flies gauge of the two-way trip afforded by your current plane/fuel loadout. Perhaps a series of concentric circles indicating low, medium and high-alt cruise. It wouldn't have to take into effect climbing etc, and players would still have to learn for themselves what optimum cruise setting is for each aircraft...

K

[Ripsnort]

In the meantime,you can use Snefens chart.
Snefens Fuel Chart

[Graywolf]

Bah, learn it the hard way ya big girl =)

Actually I'm amazed at just how far the Yak-9U will go on a full tank at 30,000'...



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Graywolfe <tim@flibble.org>

[kfsone]

And is there somewhere a chart with a comparison of various optimum throttle settings per aircraft?

What's brought this on is having been trying to do some low-level incursion flying, and finding that the low-alt performance of the current planeset is either very dependant on choosing the right throttle setting or just not particularly feasible.

[flakbait]

Cruise settings given on the HTC page are only there for some aircraft. Even then, those settings work best at altitudes greater than lawn-mower heights. Don't mess with prop RPM, just pull power back to about 65-70% and you'll get a lot more range out of it. If you're really strapped for gas, pull it back to 50% but no lower. If you want, you can pull a few hundred RPM off the prop too. Granted your grandma and her walker will out-run you, but you'll get a nice looooong range.

Really helps when you accidently take 25% fuel!

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