re: [Flightgear-devel] fuel measure

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: What units are we measuring fuel quantity in these days? If not gallons, can someone give me a rough conversion from what we are using to gallons (ignoring issues such as temperature ...) The property system currently publishes the value using US gallons, but

RE: [Flightgear-devel] fuel measure

2002-04-08 Thread Jon Berndt
We use pounds. Jon Jon S. Berndt Coordinator, JSBSim Project http://jsbsim.sf.net Curtis L. Olson writes: What units are we measuring fuel quantity in these days? If not gallons, can someone give me a rough conversion from what we are using to gallons (ignoring issues such as

re: [Flightgear-devel] fuel measure

2002-04-08 Thread D Luff
David Megginson wrote: Curtis L. Olson writes: What units are we measuring fuel quantity in these days? If not gallons, can someone give me a rough conversion from what we are using to gallons (ignoring issues such as temperature ...) The property system currently publishes the

RE: [Flightgear-devel] fuel measure

2002-04-08 Thread Jon Berndt
The property system currently publishes the value using US gallons, but think that almost everyone agrees that using a volume measurement is wrong, since volume is relative to temperature and air pressure. For the big iron, yes, but for small piston planes I personally think volume is