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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