What is fuel scooping speed measured in?

[Jerakeen]

I've taken to thinking of it as lumps per second but I'm sure it must actually be something meaningful. Anyone know?

 

[IceFire122]

kg/s fuel?

 

[Zieman]

Don't know, but it could be liters per second, as main fuel tank is measured in tonnes. That's assuming thain in E: D fuel is about water density => 1000 liters ~ 1 tonne.

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kg/s fuel?

D'oh, of course.

 

[Feldspar]

Litres wouldn't be a very good measure, as gas is compressible, I would imagine it will be kg/s.

 

[Zplintz]

HD/S?

(Hull Damage Per Second)

 

[Zieman]

Litres wouldn't be a very good measure, as gas is compressible, I would imagine it will be kg/s.

Yes, on second thought I definitely agree.

 

[Kayweg]

Litres wouldn't be a very good measure, as gas is compressible, I would imagine it will be kg/s.

Since fuel tank capacity values are stated as mass (tons), measuring the fuel scoop rate in mass makes perfect sense.

Otherwise we'd have endless discussions about how much mass 1 cubic meter or liter of fuel represents.

Not that it would make much difference at this point, since we're having plenty of endless discussions about the same things anyway.

But yes, the fuel scoop rate is measured in kg/s.

 

[Acarin]

Just to clarify for anyone who may not be able to figure out the "kg/s":

50 = 1t of fuel every 20s
100 = 1t / 10s
125 = 1t / 8s
167 = 1t / 6s
etc