Bog9y Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Just noticed that the centre empty tank weight may be tad on the low side: 29,175 with full tanks + CTR 27,062 full tanks ----------------------- 2113 lbs , Fuel of a CTR tank is 2040 lbs --> empty tank weight is 73 lbs? I may have wrong info but a real F16 manual states empty weight as 392 lbs (unusable fuel included) Not a big deal...was just curious if this is an oversight or correct?
Bouli306 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Just noticed that the centre empty tank weight may be tad on the low side: 29,175 with full tanks + CTR 27,062 full tanks ----------------------- 2113 lbs , Fuel of a CTR tank is 2040 lbs --> empty tank weight is 73 lbs? I may have wrong info but a real F16 manual states empty weight as 392 lbs (unusable fuel included) Not a big deal...was just curious if this is an oversight or correct? 1860lbs of fuel for a ctl tank filled with JP-8
ED Team cofcorpse Posted April 16, 2020 ED Team Posted April 16, 2020 Thank you! There is something wrong for sure, the issue is reported.
Bouli306 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Thank you! There is something wrong for sure, the issue is reported. Not really something wrong: 2113 total weight ctl tank with 1860ish pounds of fuel: 2113-1860= 253 pounds. Add another 100lbs inusable fuel and it computes...
=Panther= Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Not really something wrong: 2113 total weight ctl tank with 1860ish pounds of fuel: 2113-1860= 253 pounds. Add another 100lbs inusable fuel and it computes... All looks good except, there isn't 14-15 gallons (100lbs) of fuel left in the centerline tank. It can leave roughly 3-6 gallons (20-40lbs) of unusable fuel. Twitch Channel [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Z390 Aorus Xtreme, i9 9900k, G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB, 1080ti 11GB, Obutto R3Volution, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, TPR, Cougar MFDs, FSSB R3L, JetSeat, Oculus Rift S, Buddy-Fox A-10C UFC, F/A-18C UFC, Tek Creations F-16 ICP
ED Team cofcorpse Posted April 16, 2020 ED Team Posted April 16, 2020 I don't understand where you took this values from, probably you didn't count pylon weight. I discovered that weight of empty fuel tanks were 50kg = 110lbs, so it's pretty low.
Bouli306 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 I don't understand where you took this values from, probably you didn't count pylon weight. I discovered that weight of empty fuel tanks were 50kg = 110lbs, so it's pretty low. yep and the weight of the rack/pylon is not in the dry weight of the ctl tank/
Bog9y Posted April 17, 2020 Author Posted April 17, 2020 CENTERLINE PYLON* (16S951) = 177 lbs So weight with full internal tanks and just a full CTR tank+pylon should be 27,062 177 pylon 2432 Weight of CTR tank 392 lbs (includes unusable fuel) + 2040 lbs of usable fuel ------------------------------------------------- 29,671 lbs Just curious, I know that the drag index is modelled in DCS but I'm curious how accurately this has been done? Has anybody done any tests?
Bog9y Posted April 17, 2020 Author Posted April 17, 2020 I don't understand where you took this values from, probably you didn't count pylon weight. I discovered that weight of empty fuel tanks were 50kg = 110lbs, so it's pretty low. Where did you find this figure? I may be looking at outdated numbers. Maybe newer ones are only 50 kgs? Again, all this is academic and not really important but more of a nice to be correct thing. THe sim is amazing and I have a fantastic time flying it.
ED Team cofcorpse Posted April 17, 2020 ED Team Posted April 17, 2020 Where did you find this figure? I may be looking at outdated numbers. Maybe newer ones are only 50 kgs? I'm talking about our ingame values. They were incorrect. I've reported this issue and it's already fixed in the internal version and is waiting to be verified by QA team :thumbup:
Bog9y Posted April 17, 2020 Author Posted April 17, 2020 Ah right, misunderstood what you were trying to say. I thought you were talking about real world weights.
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