Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

The AVSIM Community

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

T/C OAT/PERF INIT

Featured Replies

Hi,I wanted to asked, in the PERF INIT page of the FMC,the (T/C OAT) where can I find it to enter?Thank you very muchFriendlyPaul

If you have ActiveSky or FSMeteo, you should be able to get the air temperature and wind speeds aloft direct from the program (see your user manual for details).If not, you can estimate by assuming a 2C (3.5F) degree drop for every 1000' of altitude (up to about 50,000 feet or so). These figures are for a standard day 15C/59F at sea level and 29.92 inHg. In the wintertime, however, the falloff seems to be more gradual - about 1C for every 1000'. In summer, it's more rapid - close to 2.5 or 3C for every 1000'. As a general rule of thumb, it's usually about -30 to -35C at 30,000.You can also interpolate between the temperature at 50,000 - where it's usually a fairly constant -56C (-70F) regardless of time of year - and the temperature at the surface. So if it's 5C at an airport, at 2000 MSL. You could do a little algebra to figure it out:y = mx + bor:temp = m (altitude AGL) + surface_tempm = (change in temperature) / (change in altitude) = (-56C - 5C) / (50,000' - 2,000') = -1.27 x 10^-3 or ~1.27 degrees for every 1000 feet above the surface you climb.so for your 2000' foot airport, the temp at 35,000 MSL (33,000 AGL) would be calculated as:temp = -1.27 x 10^-3(33,000) + 5 = -42CObviously, temperuture falloff in real life is not perfectly linear (especially near the surface where you can get temperature inversions), but it's close enough for estimation purposes. You should be able to get wind speed aloft right out of the advanced weather dialog in FS.Cheers,J

Thank you very much sir.Good fliesFrinedlyPaul

Create an account or sign in to comment

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.