Fuel transfer is a feature where players can transfer fuel from one fuel tank to another. Fuel transfer can occur anywhere as long as it is between two tanks of the same spacecraft, meaning the tanks must be docked via Docking Ports or from the same blueprint structure.
Usage[]
To use the feature, tap on two fuel tanks. The fuel will transfer from the first fuel tank selected to the second one at a rate of about one tonne per second. Time warp will also speed up the transfer accordingly. To cancel refueling, tap on either of the fuel tanks. Thus, only one fuel tank can be refueled at a time. The fuel in either tank can still be used (e.g. by engines) during the refilling process.
Fuel transfer enables refuelling stations in orbit. A spacecraft that has just returned from a Space Mission can be sent to an orbiting Refueling Station, refueled, and sent for another mission.
Trivia[]
- Until 1.5, if you deselected the source fuel tank and selected another one, while keeping the destination one selected, the new selected one would be used as a source for the original destination, but in 1.5, the original destination becomes the source for the newly-selected destination.
- Before 1.5, fuel tanks that does not connect together in the same plane in a rocket/spacecraft have separate fuel.