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Old 09-04-07, 12:50 PM   #9
greyrider
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i just wanted to add alittle more info to your fuel question.

time compression has alot to do with how much fuel you use.

i could make it to tokio from manila, and only use a fraction of my fuel, running at 1/3 speed, 5 knots (s-class),
with time compression 1025 or less.

then on the way home, with well over 3/4 tank full, with TC real high, like 2048 or more, i would use every drop and not be able to get home.

then i tried it with TC at 1024, and made it home, so time compression has alot to do with it.
Is it possible you were bucking a headwind / current ?

i was in a storm, a month long storm, but mostly i had a tailwind, but the mission
i was posting in the "point and shoot thread", i had no storm, calm waters, i tried to returned home to surabaya from luzon straights, N of appari, and couldnt make it to surabaya. i took the shortest route i could to, heading S on the west coast of the philippines.

i had way over 3/4 tank, couldnt make it home, so i didnt want to start another career, so, i went to 1024, and made it back.

that was the confirmation i needed to let me know TC had something to do with it.

when patrols are long, and all ammo expended, i like to get home as fast as i can, so i can start another mission, i usually will go very high in TC.

it might be very painful for me to go back home with TC at or less than 1024, but i think i will have to watch the TC going home now, im very careful when the mission first starts, i always think of my fuel consumption, i usually travel at 1024, when going out on patrol, and always have plenty of fuel, when i get to my OBJ.

i fly home most of the time, no more!
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