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Why does the second pic show your weight as "745,000lbs"? Was that a mistake? Just pointing that out.FletcherExecutive Charter Inc.

Actually; I just entered a route between CLT and DFW in the company flight planner and used the same route and altitude and weight and all and actually got a result using more fuel for a slower speed because of the longer time (only 2 min more) - a difference of about 200 pounds or so and the speeds were 0.785M and 0.760M; so it appears that unless your aircraft is really light and the lower speed is significantly less, you don't save that much.It would seem that it would only make a big impact on fuel savings if you had a LOT of aircraft that fly every where, every day.I guess I answered my own question, sort of....Anyway, just thought I would mention that I just did that little experiment Cheers!Fletcher RExecutive Charter INC.

I have question about crz speed, specifically slower than standard.You read a lot in the paper and see in the news how airlines are flying slower and making steeper approaches to save fuel. My question is; does the 737-700 burn less fuel if you fly slower? (In the sim of course)I've done numerous flights where my fuel burn has been pretty close to the same amount whether I'm flying at 0.785M or 0.750M. I know it would depend on numerous factors such as the wind/weight/OAT/etc... but lets say for example that the conditions were the same for a 2 hour flight from CLT to DFW. I've done this and the fuel burn has been pretty close to the same amount; so what am I missing. I do notice that at slower speeds the Cruise Pitch is a little higher and I suspect that makes some difference.I guess what I'm asking is what do I need to change/do/learn to do or whatever. Yes, after all these years of flying almost every day, I'm still learning. I hope this makes sense and some of you skilled pilots out there can point me in the right direction. All help and suggestions would be much appreciated.Regards,Fletcher RExecutive Charter INC.

Ohhh, ok, I think I have the idea now. It just seems like its out of date sometimes. Like when I get to a certain city the real world weather says that it's clear and TSTMS have just passed and then a few minutes later the TSTMS that were to have already come through are just then starting. Just seems a little strange to me but I have some other tricks up my sleeve to possibly fix the situation.Thanks for the help Jim.Fletcher R

Hi:So here is a screen shot as of 0720PDT for KSMF. So, reading as what's been said already, a difference of an hour or 2 is not uncommon? Just asking is all. Thanks for any additional help.Fletcher R.P.S. I would think that there would be a 1353Z update applied.

Hey all:I've read dozens of posts on here about some of you guys having problems with weather being old (data). However, I haven't found anyone who seems to have an aswer to why this started happening.I used to use FS Real World WX from flight-sim Jeppesen but it's become so unreliable it can sometimes be as much as 8hrs old. So I now I use AS6.5 and have tried numerous settings to get current weather to be continuous. Most of the time the weather is about 1 and 1/2 hours old to as much as 3 hrs old.I don't know what else to try to get the weather to be current. I can pull the weather reports from www.fltplan.com and let's say that KLGB has the current hours weather and forecast; however AS is not finding it so its using old weather. Does this make any sense.Flying is just not as fun as it used to be when the weather was correct on the dime and it was until just a few months ago and now its rare to get a decent weather download and forecast.Any of you guys have suggestions I can try. I've already called my ISP (Charter Communications) and they told me that no data is ever cached; and I also clear my computer cache as often as possible. I really need help. Please. Currently I just landed in KSMF and the temp was currently about 26C as stated by a weather.com and AS was telling me it was about 24C. When I pulled the metar from fltplan.com. I can work backwards and see that the weather is was using was almost 3 hours ago and the reported time was old as well.I don't know, I just can't seem to get this to work like it used to.Thanks for any help you can provide.Regards,Fletcher R.

Hey all:I was wondering...what is the general (normal) COG position XX% in the -700, -800, and -900 when loaded. Is it always around 25%?I still need to do some testing with different weights and see what numbers I get but I was just curious as to what the correct value should be at or near.Thanks,Fletcher R.