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posted 7/26/2024 7:35:25 AM
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A sample fuel plan computed by SkyDemon looks like this:
Taxi/Takeoff 4,2 ltr
Enroute 2h 17m 73,6 ltr
Holding Time 45m 18,5 ltr
Landing 2,5 ltr
Contingency (10 %) 7,4 ltr
Minimum 106,1 ltr
Planned 3h 8m 106,1 ltr
How is the endurance 3h 8m calculated? No time is given for the contingency fuel, but clearly it contributed to the endurance. At the fuel flow for the chosen power setting (31.7 l/h), the contingency fuel would contribute 14 minutes for a total of 2h 17m+45m+14m = 3h 16m – 8 minutes more than the total computed by SkyDemon. (The times for enroute and holding are correct.)
Am I missing something or is there an error in how SkyDemon computes the endurance? (If there is an issue with SD, now would seem a good time to address it as the fuel plan calculations are about to be reworked anyway to include Final Reserve Fuel.)
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How is the endurance computed
lhe
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7/26/2024 7:35:25 AM
That figure is not endurance, but the planned amount required and the...
grahamb
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7/26/2024 8:52:29 AM
No, the amount required is given as "Minimum". The amount intended...
lhe
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7/26/2024 9:20:49 AM
Apologies, you are of course correct. I misinterpreted what you'd...
grahamb
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7/27/2024 6:28:33 AM
From what I can see, the 3:08 comes from Enroute + Contingency / fuel...
PaulSS
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7/28/2024 4:33:32 PM
That would indeed be what you expect. But, the contingency fuel / fuel...
lhe
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7/28/2024 7:19:38 PM
Right now, we take the amount of fuel planned and subtract the...
Tim Dawson
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7/29/2024 9:16:48 AM
I see. A problem with that is that the holding fuel (and the future...
lhe
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7/30/2024 9:25:18 AM
The problem with computing any fuel endurance to the nth degree of...
grahamb
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7/30/2024 9:45:54 AM
Thank you, it's a suggestion that clearly has merit. Before making...
Tim Dawson
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7/30/2024 9:46:55 AM
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