Fuel consumption in 109

[Danelov]

Resuming, aprox in time and consum:

25 liters take off and climb to cruise altitude
128 liters cruise/30 minutes to the patrol area
100 liters /20 minutes of combat
128 liters cruise/30 minutes return to base
19 liters/aproach and landing

TOTAL 400 liters

[Kurfürst]

My bad, it seems the starting fuel capacity is low to start with, so it's not the consumption rate that causes you to end up with about 130 liters after a couple of minutes in the QM, but the fact that you start only with 170-180 liters (instead of 400).

The campaign seems uneffected.

The probable cause for this is that it seems the Emil's weights and loading data is somewhat off in the sim. With full fuel load, you have a takeoff weight of 2701 kg, and the max. takeoff weight in the sim is just 2600 kg. It seems the sim simply takes away the 'surplus' fuel so you can't fly with the normal capacity of 400 liters in the QM.

How on Earth the Emil ends up at +100 kg overload in a perfectly normal loadout conditions (100% fuel, 100% ammo, no bombs) is beyond me. It seems to be a bug.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Woow slow down everyone, please remember that the Luftwaffe fighters did not airspawn over the French coast and then fly to London and only have 15 mins of fuel before they had to head back...

They took off and spent 30-45 mins forming up and waiting for the big slow bombers to form as well...

So before every starts screaming a 109 should only have 15 mins over London please use you brain! The fuel consumption table needs to be observed only for the purpose of this discussion... the 15 mins loiter over London should be ignored!

[JG52Uther]

Yes, I have often loitered waiting for AI bombers to escort, then flown close escort weaving above them, all the way to target and back. The fuel soon disappears doing that!

[KG26_Alpha]

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=32577

Originally Posted by BlackSix

· Corrected fuel model for more realistic gas mileage.