So I am starting my attempt to fly round the world in the Airbus. Initially I looked at starting at Heathrow and looked at what I thought was the range circle in the world map and chose a destination towards the end of it. In this case Sochi where the Grand Prix has just happened. Well  I managed to get in site of the Sochi runway about 10nm out and then the plane became a glider as the fuel ran out and all the systems shut down. I thought I would try somewhere a lot closer, Kiev fitted the bill. I have just come off the flight there and only had 9% of fuel left. When setup the flight plan there is no option for how much fuel and I start my flights from the end of the runway as I am not interested in the start-up process. How is the sim deciding on how much fuel to give me? Is there a better option for me to make sure I make the next leg. I am trying to fly as far as possible each leg to cut down on the number of legs. I am flying the 0.3 version of the A320 mod.

Thoughts?

Thanks

CJ

Edited September 27, 20205 yr by CJ1045

The estimated fuel range is wildly inaccurate in a few of the planes. I was caught out on a Longitude flight a couple of times - the estimated fuel range was listed as 3500 nm but in practice it is limited to about 700 nm.

All you can do is experiment with a full tank, keep an eye on the remaining fuel and be ready to hit the unlimited fuel option in the Assists settings if you see it running low.

Also for some reason if you have infinite fuel enabled, the A320 still burns fuel.

Ooooohhhh Infinite fuel option, nice. Bit of a cheat though but will remeber that when I am about to run out rather then before take-off.

At the moment am contemplating how I get across/around the Pacific. Does not look I can fly liner east/north east from New Zealand and land on a jet runway. Looks like I am going to have to go round the top Tokyo, some eastern Russia airport then Anchorage.

CJ