My First LONG HAUL [TIPS?]

[Chief305]

Flight planning series | Part 4 Flight plan & fuel planning

Welcome back to the fourth and final installment of the flight planning series. Also the part you have all been waiting for the Global release. Today I will walk you thru setting up this route and flight plan we have been planning throughout this series. I’ll give you all the tips, and tricks you need to complete a successful flight. Weight & Balance So let’s talk about our weight and balance. This is the page we will be adding fuel, passengers, and cargo. [IMG_6831] This page is set u…

A Guide to Step Climbing

[Step Climb] Step Climbing Welcome to your guide to Step Climbing! With the release of global to Infinite Flight, there are many new things to learn in regards to your aircraft’s performance. The days of taking off from your favorite airport to cruising at FL390 within 20mins of departure are long over. Included in this tutorial are a few images that were screenshotted from FlightAware.com that will better help explain how Step Climbing is achieved. The flight in particular is Qantas 8 (Q…

Improving My Aircraft Endurance/Extending Range

This tutorial will cover how to extend your aircraft’s range and endurance while flying globally. (Aircraft used for this tutorial is a 787-9 loaded to MTW) (Winds Point #1) First, lets talk about winds. Flying into a headwind will result in a slower groundspeed, while flying with a tailwind will result in a higher groundspeed. A higher groundspeed means you’ll arrive at your destination quicker and ultimately less fuel will be needed and burned for that route. The opposite is true for when f…

Using lat long in a flightplan

I was poking around the forum trying to find the format required to enter lat long fixes in a flightplan, and what I found seems to be in error. All references I found indicate using decimal values to a maximum of 2 decimal places multiplied by 100, so the result is always an integer value. For example 123.54N,80.42W → 12354N/8042W I was getting results that were in error by ±20mi! I stumbled onto the fact that a much more accurate result was obtained by using degrees and minutes instead of de…

Here are some Tutorials made by some of our seasoned community members, these will teach you how to fly long haul the orrect and efficient way.

Have A Great Night,
Chris :).