Author Topic: 125% fuel supply (Read 1121 times)

Samm · « **on:** August 13, 2002, 01:06:22 AM »

Is a logical impossibility, the most you can have of anything is 100/100 . Noticed this while trying to equip drop tanks at a field that had 100% fuel, appearantly it wasn't enough fuel because drop tanks were disabled . When I asked what the deal was someone told me that the base must have 125% fuel, I thought he was just being a wise bellybutton but when I checked other bases I found they had 125% fuel !! Too funny .

Or should I have put this in bug forum ?

Furious · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2002, 01:26:37 AM »

its not a bug.

with 100% you get to fill your plane with fuel. the extra 25% is accounted for by external fuel system, ie. drop tanks.

F.

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2002, 01:31:29 AM »

I didn't know that. But when you have drop tanks on an aircraft, isn't it like having more than 100% fuel? Your aircraft has 100% fuel, plus 25% more fuel in your drop tanks. Having more than 100% is possible.

Gunner

Samm · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2002, 01:45:28 AM »

You cannot have more than 100% of your capacity . Even if your guitar amp volume goes to 11 it still only goes to 100% .

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2002, 02:23:52 AM »

Samm,

I am just your average engineer, but I will try to explain it

It is just a number thing. You pick what ever unit you want to call 100%, if you exceed that unit, you have more than 100%

If your guitar amp has a rated output of 10, and you get 11 out of it, you are at 110% of the rated output. If you want to call 11 the max output, and you have it on 11, then you are at 100% of the max output.

Gunner

Samm · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2002, 05:43:23 AM »

I don't have a guitar, I was alluding to Nigel of Spinal Tap.

Max output or capacity is allways 100% . You could arbitrarily call 4/5's (80/100 or 80%) of your capacity 100%, but then you'd be wrong .

FDutchmn · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2002, 07:26:50 AM »

Samm, take your agenda to HTC, write to them and let them decide what to do (if there is anything that needs to be done...)

Staga · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2002, 07:42:16 AM »

When talking about industrial machinery (at least where I'm working) there's 100% efficiency which means machines fastest "safe" speed.
There's also possibility to use overspeed settings and then efficiency would be 110-115% thought then the machines would worn out faster and they will need more TLC (tender, loving care).

Samm · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2002, 07:50:24 AM »

Yep. It's the same with aircraft engines, but some confuse 100% output at which longevity can be maintained with 100% output .

Samm · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2002, 08:12:07 AM »

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Originally posted by GunnerCAF
I didn't know that. But when you have drop tanks on an aircraft, isn't it like having more than 100% fuel? Your aircraft has 100% fuel, plus 25% more fuel in your drop tanks. Having more than 100% is possible.

Gunner

No it isn't.
If your internal tanks are 100% full and you add drop tanks that are a 100% full you just have 100% of a higher volume of fuel .

Samm · « **Reply #10 on:** August 13, 2002, 08:22:55 AM »

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Originally posted by GunnerCAF
Samm,

I am just your average engineer, but I will try to explain it It is just a number thing. You pick what ever unit you want to call 100%, if you exceed that unit, you have more than 100%

If your guitar amp has a rated output of 10, and you get 11 out of it, you are at 110% of the rated output. If you want to call 11 the max output, and you have it on 11, then you are at 100% of the max output.

Gunner

You are absolutely right. But we are not talking about energy output, we are talking about physical space . Fuel supply or more specifically container volume . In this case the percentage is a ratio of fuel volume to container capacity .

Try filling your coffee cup to 125%, just don't do it on your lap .

bozon · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2002, 09:02:56 AM »

this thread is 100% ridiculous.

Bozon

NOD2000 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2002, 09:27:06 AM »

i 125% agree

john9001 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 13, 2002, 09:36:20 AM »

johnnys car holds 15 gal of fuel ,
johnny fills his car up , his car now has 100% fuel
but johnny is going to the outback so he fills up a 5 gal can of fuel and puts it in his trunk
johnny now has 130% fuel

johnny can hold 6 cans of beer
johnny drinks 12 cans of beer
johnny is now at 200% beer capacity and passes out and dosn't make the trip

ccvi · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:44:36 PM »

Thinking about those percentages I don't like them at all. Not because they confuse some

Wouldn't it be fun for gameplay purposes, if an absolute mass of fuel was available per takeoff at a field? e.g. you could get 2000 lbs of fuel when everything is fine (i hope that's enough for the 262

), if some fuel tanks are destroyed, this number goes down. So when fuel is down it would no longer be the planes with good milage that could still be used (pony...), but those that need the least amount of fuel (probably eary war planes).