Fuel Tanks on the BF 110

[Foo'bar]

of course we all have the same

[l3uLLDoZeR]

Yes very helpful..good info and thread! I wondered why I would always lose the right engine when I still had fuel in the left tank after getting shot up. I fly the 110 often...can't beat the 500kg bombs going off on some poor guy warming up his merlin! (sorry, blowing up AI just doesn't give the same satisfaction)

Plus flying around with 4 machine guns and 2 cannons sticking out of a sharks mouth is pretty awesome!!!

I never fly at 100m like some of you in the 110, will give it a try. It climbs like a beast for me...merlins can't keep up. I stay high and BnZ, Tons of right rudder trim and pray that they don't get a pilot kill, haha.
The plane can take a beating from .303's, but that damn AP goes right through the greenhouse! I've flown halfway across the channel with a fire growing and eventually covering the whole right wing, but still landed safely! I want twin mg;s for the blind moron in the back seat, but overall I think its a sweet plane.

I've done more nosedives into the dirt on takeoff with a 110 than all of the other planes combined. Am I retarded or is the grass sticky at 180kph all of a sudden?

[l3uLLDoZeR]

I kinda need 200 kph to fly..with 1,100lbs strapped under my belly and 75% fuel.

[Foo'bar]

Put the Landeklappen to 20°. Don't follow the english manual It's wrong there...

[ATAG_Keller]

Flaps to 20 degrees like Foo'bar said, and set your elevator trim tail heavy. Once the tail starts to come up stay back on your stick until you're in the air.

I also wouldn't recommend taking more than 54% fuel with two 500's under your belly. Actually, until this fuel problem is fixed there's no point in taking more than 54% ever.

[robtek]

Just be shure to have at least 100m to 150m alt. before retracting flaps, the plane starts to sink until enough speed is gathered.
The plane is "flying" with 180 km/h, but it wont climb or accelerate well because of the high aoa.
Get the gear up and reduce the trim to accelerate, then reduce the flaps bit by bit until you are fast enough, >250 km/h.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by Keller

Flaps to 20 degrees like Foo'bar said, and set your elevator trim tail heavy. Once the tail starts to come up stay back on your stick until you're in the air.

I also wouldn't recommend taking more than 54% fuel with two 500's under your belly. Actually, until this fuel problem is fixed there's no point in taking more than 54% ever.

Really ?!

I do take 100% on each flight and hve no prob to stay airborne an hour

Sad tht the GIB can't play any chess

[robtek]

Afaik the Bf110C4, without external tanks, had a max. endurance of +3 h.

On max. cruise 2 h should be possible.

[ATAG_Keller]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Really ?!

I do take 100% on each flight and hve no prob to stay airborne an hour

Sad tht the GIB can't play any chess

54% fuel with two SC500's is still 300-400kg overweight.

With 2 x SC500's and 100% fuel it's damn near impossible to get her off the ground safely; I've never been able to do it.

Taking 100% fuel is pointless right now, it's just dead weight.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by Keller

54% fuel with two SC500's is still 300-400kg overweight.

With 2 x SC500's and 100% fuel it's damn near impossible to get her off the ground safely; I've never been able to do it.

Taking 100% fuel is pointless right now, it's just dead weight.

Rgr but I hve alrdy experienced fuel starvation Ok Ok that was an extremely looooooooong mission

Pls note that I never carry bombs in my 110. The GIB being alrdy too much dead weight for my own standards .