What can I add to a build that will increase the gross (loaded) weight but not the empty weight? I'm working on a replica of a plane, and I need a way to add about 1500 pounds for passengers and cargo.
What can I add to a build that will increase the gross (loaded) weight but not the empty weight? I'm working on a replica of a plane, and I need a way to add about 1500 pounds for passengers and cargo.
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@bjac0 That was a bit out of line.
@atgxtg do Cambrian explosions go well with fries?
@BaconEggs Doesn't everything go well with fries?
@atgxtg no thats not good enough
@atgxtg not yet does it go well with fries
@BaconEggs Haven't you ever had BBQ Kerbal?
@RailfanEthan you dont burn kerbals unless you figure out some mode of thrust from their bounciness
@RailfanEthan WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
@RailfanEthan "not ksp"
LOL!! I just need five Kerbals!
@BaconEggs not ksp
@jamesPLANESii Clever idea. I tried it but detachers, bond deadweight all add to the empty weight.
@BaconEggs Adding all that fuel to a light aircraft increases the range too much. Unless there is a way to mod fuel weight.
It looks like I'm just going to have to add 1500 pounds of deadweight to get the gross weight on target.
Fuel
Maybe you can burn passengers away too
Ok. Maybe detachable boxes of deadweight inside the aircraft? That could simulate the crew and stuff... @atgxtg
@jamesPLANESii
In the game, it lists two weights for an aircraft, Empty Weight and Loaded Weight. Realistically, empty weight is the weight of the aircraft, and loaded weight is the weight of the aircraft plus fuel, crew, passengers, luggage and cargo. So an airplane that has an empty weight of 4,000 pounds, but carries 2 people, their luggage and 100 gallons of fuel, might have a loaded weight of 5000 pounds.
In SP, fuel is one of the things that adds to loaded weight but not empty weight (in fact it seems to reduce empty weight, since they have to hollow out part of the wing or fuselage to make room for the fuel tank).
Dead Weight (which I did add to represent passengers) is considered part of the aircraft and increases the empty weight.
What I am trying to figure out is what can I add to a plane, other than fuel to increase it's loaded weight. If I were to add 1500 pounds worth of fuel (about 225 gal. in SP) instead of the 40-50 gal. of fuel the plane is supposed to have, I'll end up with around five times the range!
Dead weight? I’m not sure what you mean.