Talk:Fuel fraction

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Did you know... that Steve Fossett's Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft had a fuel fraction of nearly 85 percent, meaning it carried more than five times its weight in fuel?

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Formula?

Can somene explain the formula.--88.153.191.80 (talk) 00:32, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fighter Aircraft Examples

Either the percentages are wrong or "gross take-off weight" in the first sentence of the article actually means empty weight plus fuel, which doesn't seem right. The fighter aircraft surely want to take a pilot and maybe some weapons with them. So they either have to dump fuel in order to have the correct "gross take-off weight" in the denominator. But then they have the wrong fuel and hence a smaller fuel fraction as stated. Or they don't dump fuel in order to have the correct fuel in the numerator. But then they have the wrong "gross take-off weight" and, again, a smaller fuel fraction. 77.188.91.5 (talk) 22:52, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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OEW

The table columns need explanation. "MTOW" is presumably maximum takeoff weight, but what is "OEW"? What's the difference between "OEW fraction" and "fuel fraction?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.93.173.170 (talk) 19:47, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Abbreviations added.--Marc Lacoste (talk) 21:11, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]