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MTOW and Reserve Fuel Penalty - Concorde147 - 06-10-2018
I'm playing around with the maximum range I can do with Concorde because even at maximum range it lands with a lot of reserve fuel so I tried a flight of 4451nm and to give myself the best chance I started with 95.5 tonnes of fuel instead of the usual 93.5 tonnes. The flight report gave me a -300 penalty for dangerously exceeding the MTOW during take off so is there a way I can disable that? It's not listed in the more_option file and I've found a few old posts asking the same question and they were advised there isn't a way to disable the penalty but they are a few years old.
I'm not sure if I can take fewer passengers to remain under the MTOW because I have the weight disabled and am using a config file designed for the aircraft but am not sure how it works. A friend gave it to me and when I start a flight I move the sliders to load the passengers, crew and cargo but this doesn't change any weight value. I know how dangerous exceeding the MTOW is in the real world so FSPassengers is simulating this but it would be handy if I could disable it so I can experiment with longer flights and not get the -300 penalty if I take off with the tanks full to the brim.
Also, is there a penalty for landing with insufficiant fuel or if there is a low fuel warning?
RE: MTOW and Reserve Fuel Penalty - SilverGoose - 07-10-2018
for the fuel I think is 1hr, it actually tells you on the fly report during flight how much fuel you have left and how much full with reserves you got left, I always make sure I have at least 1.5hrs of reserve fuel.
RE: MTOW and Reserve Fuel Penalty - Joeflyer - 07-10-2018
You must ensure that you have 45 minutes of reserve fuel upon reaching destination. This is called IFR reserves..as in real life. If less than the required 45 minutes reserves, you will get a penalty.