Very interesting with some great detail and considerations to think about, which all adds to the immersion. I can't help but blurt out the old saying though "The only time you can have too much fuel is when you're on fire!"
Thanks for the explanation! Just quick question: Did you enter “start boarding” before hitting zfw as the weight have to include pax? So in other words the 42.5 is without pax?
Pretty close to what I've been using in-game. I usually would do 2 tonnes per hour plus 2 tonnes for extras. It's probably overkill but luckily fuel is free hehe.
Thanks for yet another great guide! A quick question about turnaround - I imagine it's pretty rare but in what cases would you load the fuel for both there and back trips and how do you modify your cont, finres and extra figures?
Sometimes fuel costs more at the first destination. If the cost difference is more than the cost of the extra fuel burn from carrying the extra fuel for the return leg, then it is advantageous to load the round trip fuel to start with. Or maybe fuel availability at the first destination is in question, so it would be wise to carry it all, for both legs. This is what they call "tankering", i.e., carrying extra fuel that is meant to be used on a later flight leg.
You mentioned you can reduce the CONT fuel to 3% if you have a planned enroute alternate. In what circumstances would you or would you not have a planned alternate. At the minute I just always get Simbrief to generate a enroute alternate, but guessing now that that isn't necessary. And, how many arrival alternates would usually be planned for? Do you always have four or is it only more if, say, weather is bad?
I understand why the airlines don't want to carry around extra fuel but what happens if you land with a little too much fuel. Do the airlines give you a warning or something? And of course, I know it's not good to land real heavy because it's hard on the plane. Thanks.
Thanks very much for another great video. I have a question: Is the amount of fuel a pilot burns - recorded over time and can he be held accountable if he burns more than the average? I guess there are many different ways - including less economical ways of flying the aircraft.
Typically that is the case. That is another big consideration pilots and airlines have to account for. The airline may want to take extra fuel to avoid having to refuel so much at the destination airport. This is known as "tankering." Usually this is down to the price of the fuel at the destination. The airline may deem it economically acceptable to spend a bit more to carry the extra fuel to avoid paying the higher price. But ultimately, it is down to the pilots as to what they take. They have to consider aircraft performance. Can they take off with the extra fuel? Can they land with the extra fuel? The weather (particularly wind and air pressure will play a major roll), runway specifications and geography around the airport will play a huge roll in determining aircraft performance and whether they take the extra fuel.
I’d love to get a pc and proper controls which would be great because more immersion and I could get the fly by wire mod but I need to save money for flight school next year thankfully Xbox is good enough for now at least.
Very nice and interesting video as always! I have one question: What is the maximum fuel one is allowed to land with? Does it depend of the maximum landing weight? What is the maximum landing weight? Thank you for your efforts! Best Regards
I'm not an aviation expert, but I believe there isn't a maximum landing fuel per se, as long as fuel + everything else is below maximum landing weight.
@@jason38321 Thanks for your answer :) but i know that it depends on aircraft and customer. Embraer for example has an limit due to the force that occurs during the moment of touch down an the resulting stress of the wing structure.
Yes quite common if there's low amounts of traffic for example. Oppositely there's other factors like weather or vectors that can make the route longer than expected as well.
do pilots ever get pressured to carry less fuel or penalised for carrying more generous amounts of extra fuel? especially in any of the more cost-conscious airlines? Of course they would be expected to carry all the legal fuel but when it comes to things like PIC extra fuel would airline management ever pressure pilots to be a bit more conservative?
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Thanks for detailed explanations. To make your life easier, remember you can pop out the efb tablet by holding right ALT and clicking it.
oh thanks!
I didn’t realize that!
Yeah you can pop out most display instruments like this.
Hey captain could you please do a tutorial about communication what to say and what to expect from departure to destination.
Love that new intro.
You are a fantastic teacher thank you!
You're very welcome, and thank you!
Oh I like that new intro!
This was incredibly interesting, thank you!
Very interesting! Thank you, and I dig the new intro sequence :D
Very interesting with some great detail and considerations to think about, which all adds to the immersion. I can't help but blurt out the old saying though "The only time you can have too much fuel is when you're on fire!"
Exactly if you’re too heavy due to fuel just run the engines for a while
Thank you Captain for dissecting this vital information. Always appreciate these vlogs.
Great video as always, thanks 320.
Very informative Capt!
Thanks for the explanation! Just quick question: Did you enter “start boarding” before hitting zfw as the weight have to include pax? So in other words the 42.5 is without pax?
Like the new intro and the excellent video! 👍
Thanks for the detailed explanation 👍
Great like always ! Thank you ... very much :)
Pretty close to what I've been using in-game. I usually would do 2 tonnes per hour plus 2 tonnes for extras. It's probably overkill but luckily fuel is free hehe.
Excellent tutorial/ lecture.
Top Video, bin hoping for a Video about Fuel planing for quite some Time. Thanks for the detail explanation.👍👍👍
Very thoughtful and interesting video. Many thanks. This adds another layer of immersion to this wonderful Simulator.
I very much like your new intro clip, looks so much better on FS20 :p
Thank you as always for this video^^
From some one that sims the A320 a lot I am interested to know how much the CI affects the fuel?
Yes! A new video! THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOADS~!
Thank you! Learning a big deal!
Thanks very interesting and useful
Thanks for the explanation, I learned a lot.
Great video Captain, please can you do a video explaining the weights, CG and aircraft load and loadsheet.
Thank you for this! Where do you get the "Trip Wind" setting from Simbrief? Thanks!
Very interesting - many thanks!
Could you please make a review video of the best ATC add-ons for FS2020? The default ATC is...Thanks!
Thanks for yet another great guide! A quick question about turnaround - I imagine it's pretty rare but in what cases would you load the fuel for both there and back trips and how do you modify your cont, finres and extra figures?
Sometimes fuel costs more at the first destination. If the cost difference is more than the cost of the extra fuel burn from carrying the extra fuel for the return leg, then it is advantageous to load the round trip fuel to start with. Or maybe fuel availability at the first destination is in question, so it would be wise to carry it all, for both legs. This is what they call "tankering", i.e., carrying extra fuel that is meant to be used on a later flight leg.
How much fuel do you usually burn on decent? Do you not burn fuel if the thrust is idle on decent?
Can you do a video on how to calculate ZFWCG and where in the flight sim menu the CofG should be. Thanks
You mentioned you can reduce the CONT fuel to 3% if you have a planned enroute alternate. In what circumstances would you or would you not have a planned alternate. At the minute I just always get Simbrief to generate a enroute alternate, but guessing now that that isn't necessary. And, how many arrival alternates would usually be planned for? Do you always have four or is it only more if, say, weather is bad?
Can you please show us mid air diversion tutorial please?
Is there a way of moving the EFB to the right hand seat?
I understand why the airlines don't want to carry around extra fuel but what happens if you land with a little too much fuel. Do the airlines give you a warning or something? And of course, I know it's not good to land real heavy because it's hard on the plane. Thanks.
Thanks very much for another great video. I have a question: Is the amount of fuel a pilot burns - recorded over time and can he be held accountable if he burns more than the average? I guess there are many different ways - including less economical ways of flying the aircraft.
Have you ever put so much fuel in its taken the plane over its takeoff weight?
im a 320 simp alright
Great video! Does this mean you only carry the fuel for one leg at a time. Never for a return flight?
Typically that is the case. That is another big consideration pilots and airlines have to account for. The airline may want to take extra fuel to avoid having to refuel so much at the destination airport. This is known as "tankering." Usually this is down to the price of the fuel at the destination. The airline may deem it economically acceptable to spend a bit more to carry the extra fuel to avoid paying the higher price. But ultimately, it is down to the pilots as to what they take. They have to consider aircraft performance. Can they take off with the extra fuel? Can they land with the extra fuel? The weather (particularly wind and air pressure will play a major roll), runway specifications and geography around the airport will play a huge roll in determining aircraft performance and whether they take the extra fuel.
Amazing! Appreciate the reply!
How can you drop flight in flight?
I’d love to get a pc and proper controls which would be great because more immersion and I could get the fly by wire mod but I need to save money for flight school next year thankfully Xbox is good enough for now at least.
Very nice and interesting video as always!
I have one question: What is the maximum fuel one is allowed to land with? Does it depend of the maximum landing weight? What is the maximum landing weight?
Thank you for your efforts! Best Regards
I'm not an aviation expert, but I believe there isn't a maximum landing fuel per se, as long as fuel + everything else is below maximum landing weight.
@@jason38321 Thanks for your answer :) but i know that it depends on aircraft and customer. Embraer for example has an limit due to the force that occurs during the moment of touch down an the resulting stress of the wing structure.
is it common to get directs from ATC so the route (and flight time) is usually shorter in the end as planned or expected?
Yes quite common if there's low amounts of traffic for example. Oppositely there's other factors like weather or vectors that can make the route longer than expected as well.
do pilots ever get pressured to carry less fuel or penalised for carrying more generous amounts of extra fuel?
especially in any of the more cost-conscious airlines?
Of course they would be expected to carry all the legal fuel but when it comes to things like PIC extra fuel would airline management ever pressure pilots to be a bit more conservative?
Just another question for all. Is it possible to change within msfs from LBS to KG?
I think so
What’s block fuel
3700 kilos of fuel. For 120 people to go about 600 kilometres. That's about 20 kilometres per arse-litre. That's better than my car
Ghh