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Title: Fuel Calculator
Post by: AKDogg on September 16, 2009, 05:55:55 PM
I been working on this for a few weeks and I finally finished it.  Enjoy! :salute

 AK Fuel Calculator  (http://www.arabian-knights.org/files/fso/AK_Fuel_Calculator.xls)
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: TUK on September 16, 2009, 06:15:21 PM
Thanks AKDogg. Will be quite useful.. Thanks for sharing with the community sir  :salute.
 
:aok
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: RSLQK186 on September 17, 2009, 10:54:50 AM
Now that is COOL. TY
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Post by: Bino on September 19, 2009, 08:25:30 AM
Very nice.  Thanks!   :salute
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Post by: 442w30 on September 19, 2009, 10:39:00 AM
That is very slick. Thanks for all the hard work.  :salute
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: AKDogg on September 19, 2009, 11:07:34 AM
TY all.  Don't break it, hehehe :salute
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Post by: oakranger on September 19, 2009, 11:41:08 AM
Thats great work.  May i suggest that you should add ords to them.
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: RSLQK186 on September 19, 2009, 03:03:16 PM
Thats great work.  May i suggest that you should add ords to them.

Do you mean for flight time?

Ord adds weight and if external they add drag as do the hard points even after the ord is expended. This reduces range but at full throttle your gallons per hour usage remains the same.

According to the E6B as long as you are at full power, at the same alt and with the same fuel load your flight time remains the same with ord, without ord or sitting still with the breaks on.

A range calculator would be nice, but I can think of 7 variables that would have to be considered and I may have missed some. I'm thinking that because many missions back then were to the limits of their aircraft's range, they got real good with pencil and paper.
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: MachFly on September 19, 2009, 06:13:09 PM
works great, thanks

 :salute
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: AKDogg on September 19, 2009, 07:04:42 PM
Only way to get a range calculator is through HTC because they have all the data for each plane's fuel consumption for any given alt,manifold pressure, and rpm etcc. as each plane is different.  Actually the only way I could make this calculator u ask for is fly every single plane and right it down for every situation like ord, fuel load, wind, rpm setting, manifold setting and altitude.  Hate to tell u this, it not gonna happen anytime soon,lol.
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Post by: Fencer51 on September 19, 2009, 07:07:54 PM
Thanks Alot !  :aok
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Post by: oakranger on September 19, 2009, 07:53:45 PM
Only way to get a range calculator is through HTC because they have all the data for each plane's fuel consumption for any given alt,manifold pressure, and rpm etcc. as each plane is different.  Actually the only way I could make this calculator u ask for is fly every single plane and right it down for every situation like ord, fuel load, wind, rpm setting, manifold setting and altitude.  Hate to tell u this, it not gonna happen anytime soon,lol.

I would never ask you to do it.  It would be your time to take away from shooting me down. 
Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: Sled on September 19, 2009, 10:38:28 PM
That is awesome!!   :x

Thanks for doing that Dogg.
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Post by: LLogann on September 20, 2009, 03:08:00 AM
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Title: Re: Fuel Calculator
Post by: RSLQK186 on September 20, 2009, 10:15:05 AM
Only way to get a range calculator is through HTC because they have all the data for each plane's fuel consumption for any given alt,manifold pressure, and rpm etcc. as each plane is different.  Actually the only way I could make this calculator u ask for is fly every single plane and right it down for every situation like ord, fuel load, wind, rpm setting, manifold setting and altitude.  Hate to tell u this, it not gonna happen anytime soon,lol.
I should have mentioned that we already have one in the E6B. Better than what they had in the 40s. It updates in real time where as they had to use scratch paper when their flight altered from the plan.