Fuel Calculation

[JanniCash]

lcrane wrote:
You're right. But carrying around unburned fuel (less reserve) is wasted weight. And wasted weight is lost revenue. I'd rather have the weight pay
me some cash rather then sit in my tanks taking up space. In my opinion, the perfect fuel calculation is when I land and shut down and have only my
reserves remaining. That means all my weight brought in money. I haven't been able to do that yet but that's my goal.

Yes, and as far as I know FS9 does give you the penalty of higher fuel consumption for higher weight of the aircraft, for which you will have to pay
the fuel price in FsP. So there is a point in doing it right and as far as I can see this is as real as it gets.

See my earlier post. I indeed prefer to calculate it even considering en-route winds. A 737-200 flight is planned perfect if (without alternate
destination) you have 5500 lbs of fuel on touch down. Unfortunately, that usually isn't your overall average fuel flow for an hour, so you have to
have more than that to avoid FsP complaining. And FsP will still give you a penalty for low fuel if that was caused by a go around (which I think that
fuel reserve exactly was meant for). So FsP actually forces me to carry useless fuel around.


Jan