I have a question about the fuel

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Why is the fuel consumption higher when using AP+ system than when not using it…

Using AP+ i got out of fule alot time …

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AP+ fuel consumption issues date back to its release in 2025 (if I remember correctly). I’m sure it’ll get fixed in future releases. There’re users who report continuing a flight with more fuel than needed on a long route.

A workaround is to fly on a weekend and use the timelapse x5 speed, so you don’t have to sit like a salami on your bed. Get yourself a notebook and play some YT videos while you’re at it, to avoid boredom.

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Unfortunately, the 5x speed only works on solo mode. As of right now, I would do some testing and figure out which airframes have issues. Some airframes burn less, some burn more. Then plan accordingly

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Really? I thought it had also been enabled in multiplayer too, did I miss something?

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Imagine watching someone take off from LAX and just zoom off into the distance at 1000 knots :joy:

No, it definitely hasn’t been. It wouldn’t work with ATC and other aircraft flying around you.

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I. AM. SPEED!

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Separation would be a nightmare :joy:

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Plus when you guys are using AP+, your groundspeed is frozen and you’re no longer afected wind real data winds
Wich I found so unfair to other players but sometimes you missing great things

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Wait, how is it unfair to other players? If anything it’s unfair to those in AP+! #AP+deserveswinds :joy:

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I often play like that when fooling around in solo mode and it’s more fun than you’d think

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Catchouuuu!

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I would say its unfair to us, how often I’ve been overtaken by frozen AP+ groundspeed players like this ! :smiling_face_with_tear: :sob: we need justice :laughing:
And by the end , they surprised they burnt more fuel than expected…

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Here’s how it works:

We freeze the consumption rate at the time when you enter AP+.
So if you’re burning X amount of kg of fuel per hour at the time you hand over the flight to AP+, you will continue to burn X until you “get out” of AP+ and take over the flight again.

This is with a fully manual flight plan.

But, if you use a SimBrief import.. things are a bit different;
We use the fuel numbers that are calculated by SimBrief and basically force them during the time your flight is being handled by AP+. If SimBrief says you should have Y amount of fuel at waypoint X, you will have that. No more, no less.

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Thats super helpful! That explains why the manual plans don’t burn the same way that the simbrief ones do.

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That explains a lot. Thank you :folded_hands::+1: