Odd fuel mileage?

Renesisfury · 12-08-07, 10:38 PM

I left Honshu with 56% fuel left, somehow I didn't manage to make it back to Midway with that much?

Possible bug?

John Channing · 12-09-07, 07:43 AM

Depends on your speed, weather conditions, how much time you spent charging your battery.... no two trips are the same.

JCC

AVGWarhawk · 12-09-07, 10:35 AM

Not a bug but bad fuel ecomony with speed the devs made. You need to run around 11 kts for good fuel economy. When in you patrol area run around 7 knots to help with fuel.

jdkbph · 12-09-07, 11:32 AM

Damage can cause this as well. I don't think fuel leaks are specifically called out on the damage interface, but they can occur.

JD

Fincuan · 12-09-07, 11:40 AM

If you took any damage, then it's likely that your battery just kept recharging all the time. Depletes your fuel VERY quickly.

-Pv- · 12-09-07, 01:02 PM

Weather is a significant factor even in an undamaged boat. The higher the wind/waves, the more fuel you waste trying to churn at high speed. I always give myself a 10% extra margin on the return trip and use ahead 1/3 when the wind is higher than 10 m/sec. This higher margin will allow for some high speed attacks or evasions requiring long charging times as well as unusual weather on the way back. You can't always count on the weather being the same returning as going out.
-Pv-

12-08-07, 10:38 PM	#1
Renesisfury Mate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 55 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Odd fuel mileage? I left Honshu with 56% fuel left, somehow I didn't manage to make it back to Midway with that much? Possible bug?

12-09-07, 10:35 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Not a bug but bad fuel ecomony with speed the devs made. You need to run around 11 kts for good fuel economy. When in you patrol area run around 7 knots to help with fuel. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-09-07, 07:43 AM	#2
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Depends on your speed, weather conditions, how much time you spent charging your battery.... no two trips are the same. JCC

12-09-07, 11:32 AM	#4
jdkbph Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 508 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Damage can cause this as well. I don't think fuel leaks are specifically called out on the damage interface, but they can occur. JD

12-09-07, 11:40 AM	#5
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	If you took any damage, then it's likely that your battery just kept recharging all the time. Depletes your fuel VERY quickly.

12-09-07, 01:02 PM	#6
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Weather is a significant factor even in an undamaged boat. The higher the wind/waves, the more fuel you waste trying to churn at high speed. I always give myself a 10% extra margin on the return trip and use ahead 1/3 when the wind is higher than 10 m/sec. This higher margin will allow for some high speed attacks or evasions requiring long charging times as well as unusual weather on the way back. You can't always count on the weather being the same returning as going out. -Pv-