what altitude and speed were you going at?All the talk of 'round the world flights got me thinking of a problem I've noticed in FSX. Making flights of any sort of appreciable distance seems to use far more fuel than I think it should.
For example: default 737, KEWR to KPBI uses over 70% of total fuel (filled to max at the gate just before pushback)
I even tried a flight from KLAX to YSSY in the default 747 with 100% fuel in all tanks and 1/4 the default weight in each of the passenger and cargo points. I ran out of gas about halfway there.
So, I was wondering if anyone else has noticed fuel burn rates higher than normal?
ok,if you start to get light on load,climb higherI don't recall the exact numbers, but they were the one's I found when I did a search for cruising speed and altitude for both aircraft. I figured those values should be close enough for FSX to at least approximate the right fuel consumption. The speed (IAS) and altitude were dialed in on the autopilot.
ok,if you start to get light on load,climb higher
tree top height....
KEGE
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KDEN
I like doing random stuff with the stock FA-18.
Like vertical holding patterns... man, that bird can do anything...
Certain people wish they had a stock F/A-18 to play with.
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It's part of the acceleration pack. :embarrassed: