Craig (Sno0ze)
Craig (Sno0ze) Pro Member Trainee
Trainee Joined: Dec 02, 2006 Posts: 89 Location: Scotland
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Ok guys, I've been wondering how to do this properly since I can't find any info on it in the learning center apart from how to fuel the plane. How do you calculate how much fuel you will need for a flight? See the thing apart from obvious reasons of it being a sim and me wanting to do it just like real pilots, I recently set Torque, Gyro Drift, Damage Sensitivity and P-Factor to realistic.

Unknown to Sno0ze he came in for a swift landing at Dyce Airport, UK. No proper rate of descent, no trim, only flaps when needed and localizer/glideslope referance. When I hit the runway I immediately went into a big skid, the plane tipped up and swung around. Crashed twice. It was then I realized this could be the left pull thing from Torque and P-Factor and the like. (Was flying a A321 btw) So I thought, if I'm always flying at full load then my landing speed is much heigher = more chance of a dire spin and tip.

So then I knew it was all about fuel, then I hit a brick wall as to how to work this out quickly, accurately and effectively. That's where you guys come in 🙂 So if anyone has any personal methods they use to work this out or methods actually used in real flight they could teach me I would be extremely appreciative.

~Sno0ze

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Llain
Llain Pro Member First Officer
First Officer Joined: Feb 05, 2006 Posts: 116
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Use the flight planner. When you have plotted a flight plan ues the nav log Tab it will bring uo the list of way points. At the top it also gives you the fight time and how much fuel you would use just add some extra fuel.

Make sure you load the aircraft first before you use the flight planner as its calulates the fuel on the aircraft you have selected.

Craig (Sno0ze)
Craig (Sno0ze) Pro Member Trainee
Trainee Joined: Dec 02, 2006 Posts: 89 Location: Scotland
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Ahh I see thanks a lot man, does this work for direct gps routes aswell as using VOR to VOR or ploting your own course etc? I haven't really gone into detail about using the flight planner properly yet.

Thx again,

~Sno0ze

Bes-o-matik
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Actually Torque and P-factor do not affect your A-321 at all.
They refer to propeller-engined planes only. Wink

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