dot command to dumb excess fuel

[hotcoffe]

dot command to dumb excess fuel

[Lusche]

dot command to dumb excess fuel

I never had the impression our fuel was that smart at all...

[Karnak]

Ignoring the misspelling, no.  Very few WWII aircraft, none of them fighters so far as I recall, had the ability to dump fuel.

[smoe]

-1 I only use smart fuel.

[Zoney]

We have this already but it is not a dot command.  You take a drop tank, fuel your bird to fighting weight, then drop the tank just before you engage.  Works really well, and it is historical.  Cool eh?

[Volron]

If anything, I'd like to see it to where you have to take 100% fuel before you can use drop tanks.

[Mongoose]

We have this already but it is not a dot command.  You take a drop tank, fuel your bird to fighting weight, then drop the tank just before you engage.  Works really well, and it is historical.  Cool eh?

I like this tactic.  And you say it is historical.  Do you have documentation?  I ask because we get remarks like Volron's wishing that you could only take drop tanks if you are already carrying 100% fuel.  I would like to see documentation showing that some planes flew sorties using drop tanks, with less than 100% internal fuel.

Even without the documentation to back it up, there is no reason to require 100% fuel before using drop tanks.  Even if it was never done, it is still possible to do it, and that makes it a legitimate tactic.

[MrKrabs]

Send your fuel-tanks to a Florida public school then and you'll have your wish granted...

[skorpx1]

Send your fuel-tanks to a Wisconsin public school then and you'll have your wish granted...

Fixed that for ya...

[artik]

Quoting one test pilot

The only case you have too much fuel is when you on fire

[Slade]

+1 to be able to dump internal excess fuel.

[Karnak]

+1 to be able to dump internal excess fuel.

Sorry, but WWII fighters couldn't do that.

[lunatic1]

yep yep yep--there is a way to dump excess fuel......................... .....................get a wing shot off.hehehe

[SmokinLoon]

Another wish for the ability to game the game.  *sigh*  First, aircraft didn't just dump fuel.  They horded as much as they could for reasons many players can't seem to grasp. 

May I suggest  for anyone who really thinks that it makes much of a difference, as in thin red line/life or death difference, in the performance of the plane you're in to seriously stop and think about your ability as a player-pilot.  If dumping fuel in you wee little La7 from 75% to 25% keeps you alive... or you *think* it keeps you alive then you're drastically over estimating the ability of an aircraft to compensate for your lack of suckage in terms of ACM's and survivability.

FWIW, I think DT's should not be an option unless 100% fuel is taken, and I think an aircraft's ability to take only 25% should be reconsidered, up it to 50% I say.

[Zodiac]

Another wish for the ability to game the game.  *sigh*  First, aircraft didn't just dump fuel.  They horded as much as they could for reasons many players can't seem to grasp.  

May I suggest  for anyone who really thinks that it makes much of a difference, as in thin red line/life or death difference, in the performance of the plane you're in to seriously stop and think about your ability as a player-pilot.  If dumping fuel in you wee little La7 from 75% to 25% keeps you alive... or you *think* it keeps you alive then you're drastically over estimating the ability of an aircraft to compensate for your lack of suckage in terms of ACM's and survivability.

FWIW, I think DT's should not be an option unless 100% fuel is taken, and I think an aircraft's ability to take only 25% should be reconsidered, up it to 50% I say.

I don't need anyone telling me how much fuel I am allowed or required to carry. You are correct that during the war aircraft did fly with much more fuel however they also flew extensive missions, not sure about you but I don't regularly fly multiple hour sorties.

That said, dumping excess fuel: -1