by Steve Waite » Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:54 pm
When doing fuel reports, make a few readings and check for settling of the fuel flow before deciding on the accuracy.
In IF weather we are constantly in an up or down draught, rarely any still air. With other weather systems, including the internal FSX and P3D engine, the air is still unless travelling through a thermal column. These columns are turned off in the IF installation, and back on with removal. But is optional. The regular thermals are not desired in IF weather.
So with fuel reports we must be careful, a slight incline on auto throttle will increase fuel flow a lot and show a short Range. It is for the Pilot to know how flying the aircraft will determine how fuel flow will behave, rather than question the accuracy of the fuel report, which is absolute.
With some planes, for example the MJCDash they have an external program running the aircraft flight dynamics and unfortunately do not transmit their fuel flow to the sim. although it is a easy thing to include in such a plane. Therefore we must do a prior fuel report for IF to get information first and it will not calculate the range. The second report, or third and subsequent reports show the Range.
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