FP3000 user manual

C h a m p a g n e P C S e r v i c e s

FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V2.0

4.5.1 Fuel Calculations

There are a number of parameters that influence the way that fuel calculations are made.

Firstly the data for the aircraft selected contains fuel capacities and flow rates for different phases of the flight (climb, cruise, holding), plus default and maximum departure fuel, taxi fuel, etc. It is not necessary to go to great detail in setting up the fuel data for the aircraft. For simple piston powered aircraft just entering the fuel capacity and the nominal cruise fuel flow for the aircraft will result in acceptable fuel calculations. Defaults will be used for values not specified. Default values for fuel flow for climb, holding and fixed reserve are 130%, 75% and 100% of the specified cruise fuel flow.

The second area that influences the fuel calculations is the software settings.

There are four configuration parameter pages under the Settings button

(available only from the Recall and Aircraft screens) which directly relate to fuel calculations. See the Fuel button on of the Settings Screen.

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