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Title: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: Oddball-CAF on September 05, 2011, 06:30:58 PM
Gents,
  I've compiled a table containing every plane in the game along with
it's burn time at full power (no WEP) with 100 percent fuel.
  As well, all possible drop/slipper tank combinations are included.
  This is a handly little "tool" both for regular pilots as well as
"mission maker" types, C.O.s, Operations Officers, etc..
  It'll print out nicely to five or six pages.

Yours for the taking, compliments of The 47 Ronin.

http://www.the-47-ronin.org/seabag/UntitledFrameset-1.htm (http://www.the-47-ronin.org/seabag/UntitledFrameset-1.htm)

Regards,
Oddball
Commanding Officer
The 47 Ronin
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: Dichotomy on September 05, 2011, 06:34:38 PM
That will come in handy... gracias sir
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: oakranger on September 05, 2011, 08:14:13 PM
Looks great.  You know that AKDogg of the AK made one aswell.  
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: grizz441 on September 05, 2011, 08:15:41 PM
Nice.  Although I should mention that the Me262 is not accurate.  Since your fuel economy improves when you gain speed, it turns out to be closer to ~35 minutes of flight time.
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: Puma44 on September 05, 2011, 08:26:04 PM
Nicely done!  :aok  Thanks for the effort.
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: SmokinLoon on September 05, 2011, 08:30:34 PM
Job well done.  I actually did a fuel chart about a year ago that includes all the aircraft and all the fuel configurations from %100 and up with each additional fuel tank(s).  Aircraft like the P47 have a number of configurations that they could choose from. 

Thanks again!   :salute 

Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: mthrockmor on September 05, 2011, 08:33:47 PM
Not that I fly bombers but I didn't see anything for the B-24. Did I miss it somewhere?

Great chart!

Boo
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: icepac on September 06, 2011, 12:39:21 AM
For really long missions, I find that there is a sweet spot determined by climb rate and engine power that is very different in all the planes.

Climb outside this sweet spot and your mission is considerably shorter.

Get it right and you will be baiting 163s over enemy HQ with c205s and yak9s.
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: captain1ma on September 06, 2011, 08:01:38 AM
whats the altitude base? great job by the way!
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: kvuo75 on September 06, 2011, 08:21:35 AM
I made one myself awhlie back that prints onto 1 sheet. if I can find a place to host it i'll post link.

ahh yes it is still on my old squads website:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/9/13/2574152/PrecisionWebsite/ah2-fuelburn-v2.5.pdf

Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: Dragon Tamer on September 06, 2011, 08:35:25 AM
Some of your charts are incomplete.
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: PuppetZ on September 06, 2011, 08:35:59 AM
Just a quick (and probably dumb) question.

Does the burn rate multiplier give you a linear relation. IE: if I use your charts in events like FSO, do I simply multiply the numbers by 2?
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: kvuo75 on September 06, 2011, 08:44:09 AM
Just a quick (and probably dumb) question.

Does the burn rate multiplier give you a linear relation. IE: if I use your charts in events like FSO, do I simply multiply the numbers by 2?

yes.. and for 1.5 its *3/2
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: PuppetZ on September 06, 2011, 09:21:14 AM
yes.. and for 1.5 its *3/2

:headscratch:

I'll do *1.5 if yee don' meind   :noid

 :D
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: kvuo75 on September 06, 2011, 04:45:38 PM
:headscratch:

I'll do *1.5 if yee don' meind   :noid

 :D

 :aok

Hmm I wonder wtf I was doing it that way anyway.  I do recall being drunk and confusing myself one nite in a special event and was having trouble trying to figure 1.5 fuel burn.   :rofl I AM TEH MAFF WIZ


 
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: Oddball-CAF on September 06, 2011, 07:16:54 PM
Nice.  Although I should mention that the Me262 is not accurate.  Since your fuel economy improves when you gain speed, it turns out to be closer to ~35 minutes of flight time.

Thanks for the input, Grizz. I'll rework it to 35, then.

Regards, Odd
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: Oddball-CAF on September 06, 2011, 07:18:09 PM
Not that I fly bombers but I didn't see anything for the B-24. Did I miss it somewhere?

Great chart!
Boo

Hi Boo, thanks for the input. It is indeed an oversight on my part. I'm goin' in now
to add that and amend the 262 to 35 mins per Grizz advice.

My best, Odd
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: skorpion on September 06, 2011, 07:24:46 PM
how does the P47M gain fuel economy as it uses more power? just one of the "off" things i dont get about engines... :headscratch:
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: AKP on September 06, 2011, 07:39:28 PM
how does the P47M gain fuel economy as it uses more power? just one of the "off" things i dont get about engines... :headscratch:


Without getting too specific on something I only casually know about... the P-47M uses a water injection system when using WEP... thereby burning LESS fuel while using WEP.... or something like that.
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: skorpion on September 06, 2011, 07:40:55 PM

Without getting too specific on something I only casually know about... the P-47M uses a water injection system when using WEP... thereby burning LESS fuel while using WEP.... or something like that.
ahhh..ok. but i thought the jug used a canister (im at a lack of words for the actual thing) to inject cold air into the engine making it faster.
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: oakranger on September 06, 2011, 10:43:18 PM
Here is what AKDogg looks like.  Not sure if he update it with the latest additions.

(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp20/skbluestem/2011-09-06_2239.png)
Title: Re: Aces High Planes Fuel Chart
Post by: grizz441 on September 06, 2011, 11:46:19 PM
Thanks for the input, Grizz. I'll rework it to 35, then.

Regards, Odd

That was only a guess.  You'd probably have to get it to ~425mph and see what the GPH is at that speed.  Take (total # of initial gallons divided by that)*60 and you should be pretty close to an average value in minutes.