Fuel Loss

Brogs · Post by **Brogs** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:58 pm

"Hi Guys just completed a flight from EGPK-KJFK checked my fuel mid-atlantic and found I was missing 80,000 lbs! bit of a shock! but not the first time,had a choice either divert to Keflavick to re-fuel or press on, well I decided on the latter and estimated my fuel at about 50,000 on arrival at KJFK, got there pretty comfortably but got marked down for Low Fuel! my question is -has anyone else had this Happen to them? on take off my fuel load was 275,000, it would be nice to know if this is a built in Random Failure or something else-this is the second time this has happened to me! Safe Landings ,Mike [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]"

snipe · Post by **snipe** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:01 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Brogs @ Dec 9 2005, 07:58 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hi Guys just completed a flight from EGPK-KJFK checked my fuel mid-atlantic and found I was missing 80,000 lbs! bit of a shock! but not the first time,had a choice either divert to Keflavick to re-fuel or press on, well I decided on the latter and estimated my fuel at about 50,000 on arrival at KJFK, got there pretty comfortably but got marked down for Low Fuel! my question is -has anyone else had this Happen to them? on take off my fuel load was 275,000, it would be nice to know if this is a built in Random Failure or something else-this is the second time this has happened to me! Safe Landings ,Mike [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img] [right][snapback]6115[/snapback][/right] </div> Hey Mike. Had this happen to me once. Wrote it off as a one time glitch. Hasn't happened again though. Hmmmm. Very strange. Gremlins opening the fuel dumps en-route I guess [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] ."

Brogs · Post by **Brogs** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:55 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(snipe @ Dec 9 2005, 06:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hey Mike. Had this happen to me once. Wrote it off as a one time glitch. Hasn't happened again though. Hmmmm. Very strange. Gremlins opening the fuel dumps en-route I guess [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] . [right][snapback]6119[/snapback][/right] </div> Hey Mark it would be good to know if this is built into the RFP System as for example the occasional Engine Fire, then you wouldn,t have to worry about possible bugs within your own PC causing it! Apropos the same Flight , Flight Keeper didn,t register the Flight Plan or Weather, i,st time thats happened also I was flying Real World Weather so the ceiling at JFK was about 1600 with visibility at 1.7 mls with Light Turbulence and Light Snow, was crabbing to the left on short final so applied a little right rudder to compensate ,lined her up with the centre at the threshold then neglected to ease up on the Rudder and veered off the Runway for a short spell before re-gaining it, then the Landing was rated Very Good in the Critique! Go Figure! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif[/img] Safe landings , Mike"

Post by **esurfman** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:23 am

"It happened to a friend of mine [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img] once. He was flying along when because of the wind he had to use the speed brakes a little bit. The thing is, he forgot to lower them after and when he checked his fuel after a few hours he could not believe his eyes. I ah I mean he lowered them and was able to make it. Could something like that happened?"

Brogs · Post by **Brogs** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:41 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(esurfman @ Dec 11 2005, 09:23 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>It happened to a friend of mine [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img] once. He was flying along when because of the wind he had to use the speed brakes a little bit. The thing is, he forgot to lower them after and when he checked his fuel after a few hours he could not believe his eyes. I ah I mean he lowered them and was able to make it. Could something like that happened? [right][snapback]6138[/snapback][/right] </div> No, Louis everything was normal, it was only an Hour earlier I had checked the Fuel then when I looked again I was missing 80,000 lbs ! it has happened before but I,m damned if I know the cause. Safe Landings, Mike [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif[/img]"