Fuel consumption

[Ducimus]

Anyway to tell exactly how much fuel we're burning?

Here's what got me thinking:

A bit ago i noticed that when i was recharging batteriess at "ahead slow" the port diseal was at 200 RPMs and the starboard diesal at 500 RPMs. By comparision, Flank speed is 500 RPMs.

So for the 3 or 4 hours your rercharging batteris you have one engine going at flank speed. Or to put it another way, a total of 700 RPMs of fuel burning if at "ahead slow".

Of course this brings up the question, how much of a factor is RPM in fuel consumption and how do the various RPM's scale in consumption? Im guessing either 1 to 1 ratio or exponentially.

If 1 to 1, logic would indicate that say

24 hours of a combined total of 400 RPM (200 each engine) would burn more fuel then 4 hours of 700 RPM (500 on one engine, 200 the other.)

But what if RPM fuel consumption scales exponenitally? that 4 hours of 500RPM + 200 RPM would burn ALOT more fuel then on a 1 to 1 ratio, woudln't it?

Maybe im looking into this too much., :hmm:

Anyone follow what im wondering about here? To me, ingame, fuel consumption is one of my biggest concerns.