does the aerotexas fuel calculator show the fuel reserves? cause I didnt see it on there.

 

Or is it even really important to bother putting in your fuel reserves?

Quick and dirty:

 

Find the max range of the plane you're planning to use. Call it X. Once you have the flight plan find the distance to it. Call it Y. Then just ((Y + 150 or 200 miles)/X) times 100. Put that % of fuel in your plane. At the end of your flight, find out how much fuel remains in your tanks. Adjust as need it.

 

Cheers,

Try this site - never been good at maths. ^_^ :ph34r: :wacko:

http://fuel.aerotexas.com/

Denis

does the aerotexas fuel calculator show the fuel reserves? cause I didnt see it on there.

 

Or is it even really important to bother putting in your fuel reserves?

 

The fuel planner at Aerotexas does show reserves, I use it all the time. When you get to the fuel planner you have to select standard fuel plan under output.

The FAA rule (FAR 91.167) is that reserve fuel should consist of at least enough fuel to travel from your destination to your alternate airport, plus 45 minutes of cruise time fuel (30 minutes for helicopters).

 

So it's fairly simple to work out assuming you know the distance from your primary to alternate, plus the burn rate of your aircraft.