Author Topic: How much fuel do you fight with? (Read 978 times)

MANDOBLE · « **on:** July 11, 2003, 06:41:55 PM »

Just curious.

JB73 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2003, 07:11:50 PM »

always take off with 75% + DT in dora.... drop DT first engagemant

100% in 205 but never fight till wing tanks are empty

never more than 50% in 110

thats about all i fly lol

MANDOBLE · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2003, 07:33:45 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
always take off with 75% + DT in dora.... drop DT first engagemant

Same here, but keeping DT as long as possible along engangements, until 30% and RTB.

Innominate · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2003, 07:36:37 PM »

Usually full fuel, except for base defense. Or in planes with exceptionally long endurance. (p51 and p38 come to mind)

nopoop · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:46:46 PM »

Well I don't have fuel fights anymore.

The last one I got in I lit up my next door neighbor with half a gallon of AV gas..

The sight of him after he burst into flames..

Just ran around flailing his arms screaming...

What a wuss..

I put him out with my truck.

Steve · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2003, 09:03:20 PM »

LOL poopy, Zoolander.

ramzey · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2003, 09:36:09 PM »

bombers 25%

Tiffie allways 100%
Pony 50%-75%
109g10 -100%
other 109's usual 75%

Spit14 100%+DT
Spit 1-5-9- seafire 75% for hunt, 50% for base defence
F4u - 75%-100%
F6F - 100%
Ki61 - 100%

Zekes 75%
Yaks-100%
MC20X 100%

P47- 100%, sometimes 50%+DT
190D9- 100%+DT
other 190's 100%

Hurricane - 50%
Il2, A20 and other anti gv's 50% sometimes 25 if base not have more

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2003, 09:57:44 PM »

If the flight is no more than a sector, then I'll take 75% fuel and if I want to loiter around for a longer time over target or the flight is more than a sector, I'll bring a long a drop tank. When I'm on attack runs and the flight to the target is over a sector away, I'll take 100% fuel so I can stay over the target and cover it until more friendlies arrive to take over.

ack-ack

Halo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2003, 10:04:00 PM »

Unless base defense or long range, generally try 75% fuel -- 25% for alt and getting to the fight, 25% for the fight, and 25% to get home on.

Naturally this varies so much with the different planes it's more an easy ideal than an actual practice. However, it is a pretty good basic survival plan for most aircraft.

Tried drop tanks when they first came out, but unless need more than 100% internal fuel, would rather burn all internal fuel and avoid the drop tank drag.

nopoop · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2003, 11:02:52 PM »

Welp..

If we're going to get technical about this whole thing

I probably fired the bastage up with two liters of AV gas NOT a half gallon..

It would have been a half gallon but I took the humidity and density altitude into account..

nopoop · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2003, 11:13:56 PM »

I might add for those taking notes that with a density altitude of 3150 feet with a humidity of 66% the time from first ignition to total flaming a bastage was 1.23 seconds..

chunder' · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2003, 11:27:21 PM »

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Originally posted by nopoop
I might add for those taking notes that with a density altitude of 3150 feet with a humidity of 66% the time from first ignition to total flaming a bastage was 1.23 seconds..

But what were the relative winds?

Mini D · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2003, 02:31:08 AM »

I fight with as much fuel as is left in the aircraft.... hell... even if it's out of fuel I've been known to fire off a few rounds.

MiniD

Nilsen · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2003, 02:57:45 AM »

FIghter sweep: in jug i take 100% and dt...burn aux--> dt --> main

base defence in jug: 50% + DT

Ghosth · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2003, 08:47:25 AM »

Nopoop you been spending WAY too much time listening to Laz!

Suggest you try headphones with music instead of AH Voice.