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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: MANDOBLE on June 14, 2002, 05:23:29 AM

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: MANDOBLE on June 14, 2002, 05:23:29 AM

There are a lot of debates about how HTC has modeled that plane or that other. HTC gives us only a speed and a climb charts, but what about giving us some other info about the planes we fly here? As an example:

- HP of the engine with and without wep at some altitudes.
- Weight of the plane full loaded.
- Max fuel load in gallons or whatever
- Max range with full MAN and 100% internal fuel at certain altitudes, or some fuel consumption rates.
- WEP time.
- ...

Surely that will be better than so much speculations.

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: Wilbus on June 14, 2002, 10:07:06 AM

Asked HT about it last night when he was in the arena in blue text mode, he said he'd talk to Pyro about it.

Hope we get it, aswell as what kind of WEP system and the exact engine (for example, TA152 only says Jumo 213 E on the webpage).

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: hitech on June 14, 2002, 10:42:34 AM

Just to be preices you asked me about extending the performance charts above the current alt that they are shown. If you asked more than that I missed it.

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: F4UDOA on June 14, 2002, 10:46:35 AM

Mandoble,

I did some weight and fuel test on the F4U-1 because I thought there may have been some mismodeling of the range. What I found is that the fuel consumption was 100% accurate. Of course my test were at a sustained Mil power rating. I have not tested METO(normal power consumption with performance).

However I have the benifit of having an F4U pilots manual which gives that information. If you have the FW190 pilots manual you should be able to test it yourself using MAP as a guide to fuel consumption and performance.

I have the following pilots manuals

F4U-1/1D
F6F-3/5
P-38F through L
P-63
P-47N
P-51D partial
P-51B/C partial

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: MANDOBLE on June 14, 2002, 11:00:27 AM

F4UDOA, IMO that info is mainly important for new players that dont know the planes in AH, and even for us when flying some unusual (for each one) plane. For example, each time I take off with an F4U1D I put 100% cause I have no idea of its range, and so on.

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: Wilbus on June 14, 2002, 11:15:31 AM

Yes Hitech I asked you about more then that in the SAME sentence :)

Too bad you missed it :(

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: Karnak on June 14, 2002, 03:13:10 PM

I'd love to see the power/altitude/WEP graphs.  Have the specific engine type, WEP type and wingloading listed in the data.

BTW, the fuel load is already listed.

Title: Aircraft data in AH
Post by: funkedup on June 14, 2002, 03:23:06 PM

Weight and fuel load are already on the HTC website.