March 5, 201214 yr Some of the job board missions would really benefit from having some fuel planning info. Sometimes you have to reduce fuel to make the flight. MS does not provide any of the info that a real world pilot would have, and I just don't trust that range bar anymore than I trusted the fuel planner in FSX. So I tried to compile the data myself by doing a test flight. Here are my results, these are conservative figures and your milage will vary depending on flying style:Taxi: .2 galClimb to 7000' 1.6 gal, 5 mins, 3.5 nmClimb to 11,000' 2.6 gal, 10 mins, 10.5 nmClimb to 12,500' 3.5 gal, 15 mins, 19.2 nmClimb to 13,500' 4.4 gal, 20 mins, 25.6 nmCruise 17gph, 96kt (I didn't see much variance at different altitudes)Descend from 13,500' 3.7 gal, 12.3 mins, 21.8 nmDesc from 12,500' 3.2 gal, 11.3 mins, 20.4 nmDesc from 11,000' 2.8 gal, 10.3 mins, 17.6 nmDesc from 7000' 1.8 gal, 6.8 mins, 11.2 nmHope someone finds this useful, I'm off to do a test flight with the Icon now.- Gary Letona
March 5, 201214 yr Commercial Member Good info! This will be helpfull to us. Some of the cargo missions really push the limits of your aircraft's capacity, so fuel management is critical! Kevin Miller 3D Artist and developer
March 5, 201214 yr That was MS's job, not your's... However, its nice, well done :) [color=#a9a9a9][size=1][size=4][img]http://forum.avsim.net/public/style_images/flags/rs.png[/img][/size] Lj. Prodanovic[/size][/color]
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