External Fuel Tanks

External Fuel Tanks are wing mount improvements available to.

External fuel tanks allow the pilot to augment the tank size and/or replenishment rate of the fighter's afterburners. There are three different varieties of external fuel tank, catering either to the fighter's fuel tank size, replenishment rate, or a combination of both.

With no external fuel tanks equipped, a fighter's fuel tanks have a capacity for approximately 5 seconds of afterburning. From empty, it takes approximately 15 seconds for the fuel tanks to replenish.

To activate afterburners, press and hold the Afterburner hotkey ( by default.)

External Fuel Tanks
External Fuel Tanks are a wing mount improvement available to. They are unlocked by default.

While equipped, External Fuel Tanks passively increase the size of the fighter's afterburner fuel tank by 80%, increasing the total burn time of the afterburner to 9 seconds before activation penalties.

Additionally, the rate at which fuel replenishes is increased by 70%, but as these tanks also increase the size of the fuel tank, the time taken to replenish the tanks to full is overall slowed to 15.5 seconds.

High-Capacity Fuel Tanks
High-Capacity Fuel Tanks are a wing mount improvement available to. They are unlocked through purchase with Certification Points or Daybreak Cash.

While equipped, High-Capacity Fuel Tanks passively increase the size of the fighter's afterburner fuel tank by 220%, increasing the total burn time of the afterburner to 16 seconds before activation penalties.

These fuel tanks have no impact on the rate at which fuel replenishes, which mean the tanks take a total of 48 seconds to replenish from empty.

Quick-Recharge Fuel Tanks
Quick-Recharge Fuel Tanks are a wing mount improvement available to. They are unlocked through purchase with Certification Points or Daybreak Cash.

While equipped, Quick-Recharge Fuel Tanks passively increase the rate at which the fighter's afterburner fuel replenishes by 170%, decreasing the time taken to replenish the tanks to 5.5 seconds.

These fuel tanks have no impact on the size of the fuel tank.