Finally - A Fuel Calculator For The 400F!!!

eek · Post by **eek** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:38 am

boeing_747-400_fuel_calculator.zip

It's in the Avsim library. Archive is password protected. Password is 747400. Enjoy!

Post by **thansson** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:00 am

Nice find, thanks! They must have removed the password because it didn't ask me for one when I opened up the archive.

I usually use FSBuild to do my calculations - it will be interesting to see if there are differences...

yoni63 · Post by **yoni63** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:44 am

Tomas, I'm sure its still password protected, but when you went in there, the gigabites reckognized that you were indeed a computer guru, and they bowed to your level of knowlege by giving you free passage!

Im probably not kidding on that one! LOL

eek · Post by **eek** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:57 pm

You can open the archive without the password, but you can't extract the file. The author used the tables from the PMDG manual, so it should be accurate. Not sure if he corrected for the typo in the manual for FL310 (3200nm and 3600nm). Even if he didn't correct it, it should still be very close. The program's nice. It even gives your initial cruise altitude and FMC reserve. And the best part... you don't have to do all that math.

Post by **esurfman** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:24 pm

Where do you find the Archive at Avsim?

veemaxx · Post by **veemaxx** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:20 pm

Looks like a great little program. I'll give it a go in just a few hours!

eek · Post by **eek** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:45 pm

esurfman wrote:Where do you find the Archive at Avsim?

Sorry, Louis, I think you misunderstood. The archive is the zip file itself. It's in the library at Avsim. Here's a link..

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?Sea ... &Go=Search

Post by **esurfman** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:49 am

Duhhh

Not one of my finest moment....

phil747fan · Post by **phil747fan** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:29 am

i ll dig in and check with real flight planning tools i have and Fsbuild Foc2003 and ill report.

see you

Phil

yoni63 · Post by **yoni63** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:29 am

Anyone come across a fuel calculator for the DF 722??? It would be nice to have one for that aircraft.

rangerscott · Post by **rangerscott** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:48 am

Bryan,
Check your e-mail. I sent you a fuel planner for the 722. Downside is that it is metric, but seems to work pretty good. Hope it helps.

yoni63 · Post by **yoni63** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:29 pm

Thanks Gary. I'll make good use of it by converting the values manually. It is better by far than what I have.

I have a few requests sent out for manual graphs etc, for fuel burn computations etc. We'll see if they come back with much.

phil747fan · Post by **phil747fan** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:32 pm

yoni63 wrote:Thanks Gary. I'll make good use of it by converting the values manually. It is better by far than what I have.

I have a few requests sent out for manual graphs etc, for fuel burn computations etc. We'll see if they come back with much.

Bryan,

despite this is an old aircraft i may have some interesting datas for flightplanning and dispatching for 727-200 ... tell me if any interests.

see you

yoni63 · Post by **yoni63** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:00 pm

Phil:

I'll take anything you might have. I also have someone from the "Jet Engine Historical Society" sending me scanned copies of some actual Boeing Fuel calculation charts. These are for another JT series engine, but I figure at this rate, who can split hairs! LOL

I'll pm you my e mail addy

Post by **DHG750R** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:46 am

a good rule of thumb with the 727 is it'll burn about 10,000lbs/hr and a good figure to shoot for is to land with about 15000lbs. Thats from my experience with my former employer.