nighteyes2017 Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 So i know some of you are already aware that getting the external tanks topped off in a hotpit refuel is a problem. So i sat down to see what is actually happening. Here is what i found so far: In order for the external tanks to take fuel the refuelling door has to be open. The amount of time in advance is not a factor. It just has to be open. I know in real life they do this in advance to depressurize the tank for A-A refuelling, but not so in DCS right now it seems. First, When hotpit refuelling, the internal en external tanks are fuelled at the same time, BUT not at the same RATE. Second, when the internal tanks are full, refuelling stops, even if the external tanks, refuelling at the slower rate, have not topped off yet. So to get around this, you have to make sure the amount of fuel in the internal tanks is low enough, in order for the external tanks to fill at the lower rate. This means lowering the refuel slider low enough first, and then refuel again to 100%. I forgot to write down the percentage values needed, but i think for a single centreline it was around 45%. So this sounds like it can be easily fixed by not stopping refuelling based only on internal fuel loads. I'm no expert in internal fuel workings but this doesn't sound like a feature to me.
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