August 25, 20196 yr Everyone seems to recommend Simbrief, so I thiught I'd give it a try. I put in the following information: Flight Plan: KCHA BNA J45 DENNI JHAUN KSUS at FL260 Alternate: KJEF Aircraft: C510 Mustang The generated briefing showed a 2hour and 5min flight requiring 2600 pounds of fuel. Both numbers make no sense. I flew the opposite direction yesterday and had the following results: Flight time: 1:24 Block to block time: 1:36 Fuel spent: 954 pounds I could be doing something wrong. I'm hoping someone will enter the info Simbrief and see if theyu get the same results. Tom Tom
August 25, 20196 yr KCHA BNA SLVER SLVER1 KSUS (KMEM ALT) I got this when I let sim bried auto load the flight plan and I got air time 1.2 block time 1.53 block fuel 1179kg Using your route I got air time 1.24 block time 1.53 block fuel 1030kg I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
August 25, 20196 yr Author Thanks Pete. The fuel is still way out. I'm not too handy with the metric system but your 1030kgs is over 2200 pounds. I just finished the flight and I used 1007 pounds of fuel. I only tried Simbrief to get an estimate of fuel needed. So far, it fails in that regard. Tom
August 25, 20196 yr 10 minutes ago, tjrush said: Thanks Pete. The fuel is still way out. I'm not too handy with the metric system but your 1030kgs is over 2200 pounds. I just finished the flight and I used 1007 pounds of fuel. I only tried Simbrief to get an estimate of fuel needed. So far, it fails in that regard. that is block fuel not trip fuel, sim brief gave me 1064lbs fuel for trip is required so its not too far off since you used 1007 pounds I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
August 25, 20196 yr Author Pete, I was just typing a reply when I got your message. Yes, I see that their fuel includes fuel to get to the alternate, a 45 minute reserve and something else that I forgot. Thanks for your help. Tom Tom
August 25, 20196 yr 31 minutes ago, tjrush said: Pete, I was just typing a reply when I got your message. Yes, I see that their fuel includes fuel to get to the alternate, a 45 minute reserve and something else that I forgot. Thanks for your help. Tom don't forget the wind factor comes into as well I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
August 25, 20196 yr 12 hours ago, tjrush said: Everyone seems to recommend Simbrief, so I thiught I'd give it a try. I put in the following information: Flight Plan: KCHA BNA J45 DENNI JHAUN KSUS at FL260 Alternate: KJEF Aircraft: C510 Mustang The generated briefing showed a 2hour and 5min flight requiring 2600 pounds of fuel. Both numbers make no sense. I flew the opposite direction yesterday and had the following results: Flight time: 1:24 Block to block time: 1:36 Fuel spent: 954 pounds I could be doing something wrong. I'm hoping someone will enter the info Simbrief and see if theyu get the same results. Tom Did you config your Airframe correctly in Simbrief? Are the 2600 pounds the block fuel or including Alternate fuel, reserve fuel etc. OK I see it has been answered, I forgot to refresh the website! 😉 Edited August 25, 20196 yr by PhillT
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