Originally Posted by U49

Does anybody know wether my fuel consumption is computed against my engine setting or against the selected/resulting knots?

My first example is:

My engine is running at half speed, but because of sea conditions speed is lowered one or two knots.
Which value is calculated?

RL Physics would say: engine. But what about SH3?

My second example is:

Speed setting at 1/3 in a type VII results in 9-10kts, what is computed if I manually select 8kts?

Originally Posted by Brag

What you are selecting when you order a certain speed is engine RPM the higher the RPM the higher is the fuel consumption.