02.04.2009, 23:49
I'd thought the same thing Anto about the C3 fuel but some kind fellers around here pointed out the error and I checked some industry documentation, which stated C3 or 96 octane German translated nicely to British 130 or American 110/130 grade Avgas throughout.
C3 was the synthetic version of C2 which could be difficult to source (hence the synthetic version which proved almost as easy as B4 to make). B4 is also synthetic, I believe roughly equivalent to British 100 octane standard aviation fuel (called 100/110 Avgas in the US I think, it seems the British actually improved to 130 grade before the Americans due to the war situation in Europe, Merlin XX onwards requires 130 grade). B4 is 87 octane by the German measurement.
But of course octane isn't a total measure of fuel type, there are additives and such which make fuels from different manufacturers and most particularly in relation to synthetic fuels, burn differently to each other. Plus there are totally different ways to measure octane which give completely different results for identical fuels.
I'm not really up on that fine a detail of chemical engineering.
@ Muas...mate I just had the most fun transferring all my awesome Canonuk skins for the Emil to their correct folders based on the "87" or "C3" fuel card on the fuselage
It was always driving me nuts, I had these great Emil skins with C3 or C2 written on the side and nowhere to put them but the stock Emil slots. Now I do
Oh and the E-3 skins I had, plenty of those too. So happy.
edit...unless the C2 or C3 I've been reading are just very poorly graphicsed 87 cards and the fuel card for C2 or C3 is "100" or "96" or something like this. Can someone clear this up?
Canonuk, mate, have you been making skins with C2 or C3 written on the fuel card?
C3 was the synthetic version of C2 which could be difficult to source (hence the synthetic version which proved almost as easy as B4 to make). B4 is also synthetic, I believe roughly equivalent to British 100 octane standard aviation fuel (called 100/110 Avgas in the US I think, it seems the British actually improved to 130 grade before the Americans due to the war situation in Europe, Merlin XX onwards requires 130 grade). B4 is 87 octane by the German measurement.
But of course octane isn't a total measure of fuel type, there are additives and such which make fuels from different manufacturers and most particularly in relation to synthetic fuels, burn differently to each other. Plus there are totally different ways to measure octane which give completely different results for identical fuels.
I'm not really up on that fine a detail of chemical engineering.
@ Muas...mate I just had the most fun transferring all my awesome Canonuk skins for the Emil to their correct folders based on the "87" or "C3" fuel card on the fuselage
It was always driving me nuts, I had these great Emil skins with C3 or C2 written on the side and nowhere to put them but the stock Emil slots. Now I do
Oh and the E-3 skins I had, plenty of those too. So happy.
edit...unless the C2 or C3 I've been reading are just very poorly graphicsed 87 cards and the fuel card for C2 or C3 is "100" or "96" or something like this. Can someone clear this up?
Canonuk, mate, have you been making skins with C2 or C3 written on the fuel card?