how about restricted fuel?

[raaaid]

did pilots go at real life at full throtle to avoid someone locking in his six?

how about the server limiting fuel?

[ATAG_Doc]

I do not understand what you wrote. Do pilots go full throttle when someone is their tail? Is that the question?

[bongodriver]

He's trolling, he knows what he said is riddiculous and will start a debate.

By debate I mean some irritated responses followed by let's all love and hug raaaid responses all of which = attention for the loveable troll.

[raaaid]

i meant in real life people would save fuel for war reasons

in the game people go ALWAYS at full throtle which is safer and unrealistic

and yes i was intending to open a debate thats what forums are for

[Toni74]

in RL i would throttle down and let him pass.

but indeed it would be a interesting feature in some other aspect: bombing the enemie's fuel tanks mean that they will have less fuel to share to their pilots.

[raaaid]

i propose an online war in which ALL is centered about fuel:

truck, train and ship fuel supplies to be bombed to make the enemy run out of fuel

planes departing with 20% fuel trying to shoot the bombers who want to bomb the fuel supply

bongo i admitt in the past i was annoying, well in my favour i have to say i had to vent off the bizarrity of tv which i hardly wacth now combined with a problematic med i reduced drastically. SO i made up my mind to dont take advanatge of anonimity and just share in the forum what i would share with real life friends. I bet you already noticed a change of attitude in these late threads of mine, so all you like bongo just try to start a new page with me, i did

[swiss]

Originally Posted by raaaid

i meant in real life people would save fuel for war reasons

No.
There was an interview with a La pilot who stated he made sure he was always flying at >=400kph to be save, and neither he or his supervisors did give a damn.

in the game people go ALWAYS at full throtle which is safer and unrealistic

No. Maybe you do.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Fuel management was an important skill for pilots and part of their flight training.

The application of those skills depends on the supply of available fuel, The distances or duration that the pilots had to fly in the missons and they types of sortie they we participating in.

In our game fuel is unlimited, distances are relatively short and we don't have to patrol a set area for hours on end.

Raaaid is right. If the missions had realistic parameters, then pilots in game would fly in a more historically correct mannor.

Unfortuantely not everyone would want to fly in missions like that and Flying around at full throttle makes for a fun exciting action packed mission!

As a case in point on the 2nd May 1943 the RAAF fought a prolonged dogfight with the Japanese near Darwin. 5 of the 13 Spitfires lost was due to fuel starvation. After this encounter they stoped dog fighting and changed tactics to boom and zooming the enemy.

Cheers!

[klem]

Originally Posted by raaaid

did pilots go at real life at full throtle to avoid someone locking in his six?

how about the server limiting fuel?

Of course real life pilots did not fly on full throttle all the time. It would have been impossible to maintain formation, engines would become unnecessarily hot, engine overhaul time might have been compromised and fuel would be consumed too quickly.

I assume your are using CEM or the question is pointless.
If you are using CEM fuel will be used more quickly so again the question is pointless.

And there is more to avoiding someone on your six than using full throttle.

The term 'locking on' suggests you are flying arcade settings using devices like 'Lock On To Target' so again the question is pointless. You can play with whatever you like in arcade settings and create whatever illusion of air combat you wish.

[Damixu]

In principal the limiting the fuel is very right and according to the historical limits. For example Messerschmitt 109 E's were able only to dogfight over Britain maximum of 15 minutes because risk running out of fuel.

Due the state of this game right now, I don't endorse any restirctions and hinderance of gameplay right now. Maybe sometimes upcoming years we will have this Battle of Britain simulator and there are time and place to enforce each plane limitations in terms of range.

And if we are talking about historical maps at full scale like this is already, naturally the fuel will run out very soon on german side on Battle of Britain scenario.