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what aircraft? Piston prop? Turbo-prop? Jet?
The most recent; A300 w/ over 22,000 gal. fuel from MTCH - SBSV @ FL340. Aprox. 2850nm.
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Could be due to several factors, such as headwinds, excessive speed/throttle opening, weight and balance.
If you're engaging autopilot once you have a positive rate of climb, which is what happens in reality, including the auto-throttle at 280 knots indicated through to 30,000', then adjusting auto-throttle settings from knots to a mach setting of .82%, you should by rights be achieving close to real fuel consumption. If you're not, then your flight model is clearly faulty.
Thanks.
I do suspect the flight models on some a/c as I think that some that ppl. upload are more concered with how the a/c looks, but I'm not ready to start foolin' around with .air files yet.
What would proper throttle setting be?
I usually try to stay between 80-95% during cruise.
Maybe aim a little lower? or will that cause too much alt. lose?
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you need to maintain a reasonable mach factor while at altitude. as I say, .82 mach would be a safe median. What throttle setting you need to maintain that factor is largely irrelevant
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