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Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: MANDOBLE on July 11, 2003, 06:41:55 PM

Just curious.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: JB73 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

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: MANDOBLE 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.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Innominate 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)

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: nopoop 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.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Steve on July 11, 2003, 09:03:20 PM

LOL poopy,  Zoolander.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: ramzey 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

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Ack-Ack 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

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Halo 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.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: nopoop on July 11, 2003, 11:02:52 PM

Welp..

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

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..

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: nopoop 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..

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: chunder' 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?

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Mini D 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

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Nilsen 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

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Ghosth 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.

:)

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: fmulder on July 13, 2003, 12:22:12 PM

In a6m

Intercept    : 25% clean stat.
Mid range   : 25% + DT drop before engagement.
Long range : 50% clean stat.

in above setting, I often cry in my mind
"glide, glide, my zeke. Our base is out there!" on rtb.

and ditch.:(

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Nilsen on July 13, 2003, 12:26:25 PM

fmulder...

doesnt the zeke turn well enough with more fuel? when im in it i use 50%+dt  to get to the fight then drop the tank

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: fmulder on July 13, 2003, 12:55:08 PM

I've trained in 25% w/o DT stat at offline long time.
So I feel it little bit heavy truning in 50%...
To prevent ditching due to fuel out, I limit myself 1-2 engagement
per 1 sortie. But often ditch. :(

Anyway, I need more skill to fight in 50% stat.
I need more training, and will try that. :)

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Grimm on July 13, 2003, 01:41:46 PM

And the Correct answer is.......

25% because all the Fuel is Porked!!    ;)
 
:: DING ::   :: DING ::


(or as much as I get at a feild)

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Sandman on July 13, 2003, 01:52:41 PM

No... the real answer is... "All of it."


:)

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Kweassa on July 13, 2003, 06:36:40 PM

100% for all LW planes except the Ta152. DTs too, if available.

 That's still barely enough to go around when you have to try to catch the damned P-51s "extending" for two sectors.

 
ps) 512x512 terrains should have the fuel burn rate lowered. It renders all LW planes practically inert.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Karnak on July 13, 2003, 10:31:56 PM

Spitfire (except Mk XIV): 25% for base defense, 75% for offensive sweeps.

Mosquito: 50% for anti-GV base defense, 75% for offensive ops one sector away because the Mosquito's fuel consumption is double what it should be.

A6M: 25% for defense, 50% for anything else.

Il-2: 50%

Bf109: 100%

Fw190: 75%

Ki-67: 50%

Yak-9U: 100%

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Wadke on July 13, 2003, 11:56:00 PM

F6F: 50% + DT or 75% depending on what i'm doing at the time
P-38: 75% and single DT if longer flight
Spits:75%
P-40: 50% - 75% depending on situation

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Wilbus on July 14, 2003, 04:04:41 AM

100% and DT in all 190's and 109's. 75% and DT in Ta152 (used to use 50% and DT but gone over to 75 now). 100% and DT in Ta152 for the really long flights that more or less never happen.

Most other planes 100% and DT except 110 and mossie.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Tilt on July 14, 2003, 04:57:19 AM

Its neat if I can arrange things such that any  e sapping combat in a Lavochkin is with less than 50% fuel.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: mjolnir on July 14, 2003, 05:20:28 AM

Seafire with 100%, unless upping at a capped field or entering a furball within 2 mins of takeoff.  Then the fuel is usually porked anyway so I take what I can get.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: sax on July 14, 2003, 07:37:24 AM

25%in everything cause thats all there ever is

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Zippatuh on July 14, 2003, 07:42:39 AM

P51D - 75%

F4U-D - 50% and a DT or 100% depending on where the fight is.

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: SLO on July 14, 2003, 09:01:19 AM

100% all planes all situations......:cool:

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: Nwbie on July 14, 2003, 12:25:36 PM

Depends on the situation...requires good SA.
For instance, if the dammm dog is barking outside, I'll up with at least 50% for a slow climb out and a good kick as he comes in through the door after I scream at him to get his bellybutton back in the house.

If I need to perhaps put the laundry in the dryer and start a new load, I'll take 100%, turn away from the fight and grab ( why is it that when you leave the puter for 10 minutes you are at 30K, but when you sit there it takes 20 minutes? )
If the wife is walking down the stairs muttering about " Are you doing that Damnnn flying game again, I'll up with drop tanks , turn away, alt tab, and open a porno site, she usually will say - oh jeez - fly the damnnn game you pervert ...
Diaper changes require perhaps a bomber run, 25% always...



NwBie

Title: How much fuel do you fight with?
Post by: MotorOil on July 14, 2003, 12:34:00 PM

Always take enough gas to make it back with.  Generally run %100.  DTs sometimes.

%50 when defending in most situations.