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 temperature ...)
>
> 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.
> Andy has suggested just using 0.0:1.0 and scaling it in the FDM (and
> panel) for each aircraft type.  That should work.  Others (including
> me) prefer to use pounds of fuel, which should also work.
>
> All the best,
>
> David

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