My first perfect flight

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Your max altitude was only 4,800 feet? Why if I might ask?

Fire_Emblem_Master wrote:

Your max altitude was only 4,800 feet? Why if I might ask?

I dont know, I guess since it was a short flight, I didnt need to be up so high?

What would you reccomend?

I am not trying to rain on your parade. FS Passengers monitors specific aspects of a flight. Descent at touchdown, G forces, etc. It overlooks a lot of other things

Landing at 209Kts. is high. You also landed with way too much fuel still on board. As FEM pointed out, your altitude was a bit low. The higher your altitude, the thinner the air, the less the drag, the less fuel you burn. The 727 can easily climb 1200 ft. per minute. Now I'm not sure I'd climb to 12,000 ft for a 99NM flight, but I could easily do so with a 727.

That leads me to the fact that a 727 might be overkill on so short a flight.

All of that said, it was still a nice flight. When you can bring a plane down that gently, the passengers will love you.

I would say go up as high as you can, and leave a few miles between climb and descent. Crashgordon said it right. You were going too fast, but that can be corrected. The 727 is not too big, so you should be able to get it down at around 135-140 kts, but you might need a little more with so much fuel. With that said, I understand you haven't been flying for too long, so in such a short time, acheiving a landing that is ON the runway is very good. It took me some time to get used to it, but your getting there 😉

PS: As CG said, flying a 727 for such a quick flight wasn't a neccesity. I'd recommend taking something a little smaller, like an embraer 145/170, or anything else.

Well its a good thing that I'm new at this 😀 I knew the 727 was overkill for such a short flight, I was just bored.

But I didnt see how much fuel I used, 4K lbs? Thats not even 750 gallons! 😳

It isn't how much you used as how much you still had when you landed. You can adjust the amount of fuel you have to fit the length of the flight. Calculate for at least an hour longer than the flight will be.

You usee add-on software to get all the passenger ratings and that, right? Like Just Flight's "FS Airline" maybe?

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