Fuel Capacity for Jetcat 120
05-28-2019, 07:23 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Fuel Capacity for Jetcat 120
Just wanting to for you guys flying with a Jetcat 120 engine, what fuel capacity of fuel do tour tanks hold and what kind of flight times are you getting? Trying to see if the 2.75L tank that came with my Aviation Dedign F16 is sufficient or will I need to add some supplementary tanks for which I do have space now I've made a set of Conformal Tanks to fit to it.
Cheers Phil
Cheers Phil
05-28-2019, 08:23 AM
#2
The safest way I've found to measure my time (and it also gives your fuel system a nice work out) is I run the fuel pump with the same voltage that it sees at full throttle for a whole tank. This way I can see what a full throttle whole flight will be like.
As a starting point, you can google jetcat p120 stats and see what jetcat got for fuel consumption (I believe a 120N is around 10-13 oz/min~ish) and 2.75L is about 93 oz, so it seems that you should have 8 minutes or so.
BUT, you should confirm this.
As a starting point, you can google jetcat p120 stats and see what jetcat got for fuel consumption (I believe a 120N is around 10-13 oz/min~ish) and 2.75L is about 93 oz, so it seems that you should have 8 minutes or so.
BUT, you should confirm this.
05-28-2019, 09:10 AM
#3
Thread Starter
The safest way I've found to measure my time (and it also gives your fuel system a nice work out) is I run the fuel pump with the same voltage that it sees at full throttle for a whole tank. This way I can see what a full throttle whole flight will be like.
As a starting point, you can google jetcat p120 stats and see what jetcat got for fuel consumption (I believe a 120N is around 10-13 oz/min~ish) and 2.75L is about 93 oz, so it seems that you should have 8 minutes or so.
BUT, you should confirm this.
As a starting point, you can google jetcat p120 stats and see what jetcat got for fuel consumption (I believe a 120N is around 10-13 oz/min~ish) and 2.75L is about 93 oz, so it seems that you should have 8 minutes or so.
BUT, you should confirm this.
05-28-2019, 09:04 PM
#5
2.75l is not enough, with an F-16 you will be on and off the power, but you will be 6 minutes real world flying. Depending on the tank shape you won’t be able to use more than 2.25l. 3.5l would be the figure I’d shoot for.
Dave
Dave
05-29-2019, 12:47 AM
#6
Thread Starter
Cherrs for that Dave....the main tank will hold 3L so went for less cause you cant get it all out.... I reckon the additional tanks I can fit inside tha CFTs will hold at least 1L each so will get busy making them.... cheers
