From: Michael Blair <amfortas@h...>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
Parking a tank is easy - cars are not an obstacle. The MPG is lousy though.
[GZG] Scale Creep
From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:29 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
> Parking a tank is easy - cars are not an obstacle. The MPG is lousy It's more a case of GPM rather than MPG, isn't it...? ;-) (Seem to recall reading long ago that an M60 averaged about 5 gallons to the mile!) Jon (GZG) > "It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer has
From: Roger Burton West <roger@f...>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:05:50 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 06:18:29PM +0100, Ground Zero Games wrote: An M-1 apparently makes 0.6mpg and needs about 300 gallons per 8 operational hours. (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m1-specs.htm so take it with a pinch of salt, but the numbers seem plausible.) R
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:16:56 -0500
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote: It's been a while since the class, I but IIRC it takes about 5 gallons of fuel just to START the M-1's turbine engine.
From: Brian Burger <yh728@v...>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:13:45 -0700
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM, John Atkinson > <johnmatkinson@gmail.com> wrote: wrote: > > >Parking a tank is easy - cars are not an obstacle. The MPG is Turbines are notorious for gulping fuel when they start. That's why it's often more effecient to just leave them running. Easier on the turbine, too - fewer heating/cooling cycles to stress it.
From: Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@s...>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:48:09 -0600
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
_______________________________________________ Gzg-l mailing list Gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lOn > Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Brian Burger <blurdesign@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM, John Atkinson wrote: > > > >Parking a tank is easy - cars are not an obstacle. The MPG is consumes 30-40 % of the fuel used at max rated power. Gas turbines in
From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:47:40 -0500
Subject: Re: [GZG] Scale Creep
Richard, replying to Brian in replying to John in replying to Jon in replying to Michael which is where I lost track, wrote on 04/11/2008 01:48:09 AM: > Tubines guzzle fuel at start because, during startup, the turbine is consumes 30-40 > % of the fuel used at max rated power. Gas turbines in ground Which is OK in this marvelously fluid modern combat environment, where no unit will spend hours with the motor running waiting for 'go'... ;-.= The_Beast