rfresh737 4 Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 I created a free Excel spreadsheet that will calculate your fuel load for any given trip for the 737NGX. You can down load it here: http://www.SimChecklist.net/737NGX_Fuel_Planning.xls I also made a YouTube video on how to use it. That video is on my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/rfresh1011 Look for it near the bottom of this video list. Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
adrians69 159 Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Nice work Ralph, and a great tutorial vid. DLing now and thenks for this!! Adrian Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Nice work Ralph, thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
rfresh737 4 Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Thanks Brett. I'm in the middle of making my latest training videos for the 737NGX - this series is on the MCP. I hope to release to my YouTube Channel in a couple of weeks. If anyone is interested in this training series, they should subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/rfresh1011 In the mean time, I added to my SimChecklist app, to-do list: I'm going to add the fuel planning logic from my spreadsheet, to this checklist app. I'll add a window that will have all of the same data as the spreadsheet so folks will be able to calculate their fuel load inside SimChecklist. As you know from my fuel loading video, the logic follows the exact steps from PMDG on calculating a 737NGX fuel load. I originally wanted to automate this process 100% inside SimChecklist, but PMDG does not currently support developers with their FMC SDK (Software developers Kit) product. I had a conversation with PMDG over the weekend about this and they are going to add my 'request' for this support in their next SP release for the 737NGX. So, I'm hoping they will give us this capability. I'm only asking for Read capability of the FMC fuel data, not Read/Write. Until then, folks can continue to use my spreadsheet (which will remain available) or take advantage of it when I get around to incorporating it into my SimChecklist app. Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Hi Ralph. An interesting calculator. I don't fly the 737NGX as I limit my self to RAF aircraft. However there are a few aircraft foe which a fuel calculator is vital, the most prominent of these being the English Electric Lightning. I guess the fuel consumption for all FSX/P3D aircraft is built into the data on the aircraft somewhere and could, with a bit of effort, be used to drive a more general fuel calculation spreadsheet along the lines of the one you have built. Does anyone know where this data is for FSX? I guess it will either be built into the model its self, and therefore not accessible, or be in a config file, in which case be extractable. Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 @JG, This might help: http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/topic/7819-fuel-burn-calculation-for-imported-ac/?hl=fuel Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Great little tool Ralph. It might be an idea to protect the cells that you don't want people to change, then there is less chance of them c**king up the calcultions! Link to post Share on other sites
rfresh737 4 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Good idea Rob...I will do that...!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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