Endurance voyages - Battery vs Diesel

[Stix]

Hmmmm, that test doesn't make sense to me mate. i understand what you are saying but it won't calculate fuel burn.

It all comes down to does SH3 GWX model increased fuel burn while batterys are recharging or simply slower speed i.e. same fuel burn but less power to the props because of increased load from the altinators.

Stix

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Stix

Hmmmm, that test doesn't make sense to me mate. i understand what you are saying but it won't calculate fuel burn.

It all comes down to does SH3 GWX model increased fuel burn while batterys are recharging or simply slower speed i.e. same fuel burn but less power to the props because of increased load from the altinators.

Stix

The test calculates the diffrance between the loss of Km from the maximum range for surface and submerged/chargeing along a set distance.
This has a direct relationship to fuel burn.

[Corsair]

Originally Posted by Stix

Hmmmm, that test doesn't make sense to me mate. i understand what you are saying but it won't calculate fuel burn.

It all comes down to does SH3 GWX model increased fuel burn while batterys are recharging or simply slower speed i.e. same fuel burn but less power to the props because of increased load from the altinators.

Stix

There is no increased load. One engine is decoupled from the driving shaft (thus the drop down in speed) and is actioning an alternator instead for reloading the batteries. This engine still works at the same rpm and has no extra load, it's just used for something else.