YSSY - KORF (routed over EGLL) in the 772. 27:41, didn’t quite get to the calculated value, I think that’s because I didn’t factor in how much fuel a very heavy 772 would burn climbing (88% vs. mid 60s and 70s on the other versions).
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CYYZ - WBGG (routed over NZAA) in the 77W. 26:12, didn’t quite get to the calculated value but pretty close.
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Great work, Andrew. I’ll definitely be using this on my flights. Thanks!
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WOW what a tutorial! I am going to need to read over this when it is not 10:21 pm and my brain can process this. Nice job!
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People really seemed to like this, so I’ll continue doing them. Next will be the four next-generation airliners. After that, I’ll leave it to community choice:
Fuel Tutorial?
- 747 Family
- A320 Family
- 737 Family
- A380
0 voters
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747 Family will be next. Might leave out the VC-25, SCA, and SOFIA seeing as no one really flies them.
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I’d assume that this was a relatively empty flight. Pre-COVID, it was rare to see a 77W exceed FL370/380.
@AndrewWu good job with the tutorial, keep em coming.
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Okay the fact that the numbers you calculated were that close to the actual times you got is pretty darn incredible. This may be worth referring to after all ;)
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For 777-300ER, never cruise above FL370. I have done hundreds of flights in that thing, it doesn’t behave like what it does in real life. If you go above that, you get extra fuel burn.
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Correct. Well since the speed ranges from 0.82 to 0.89, they also fly at speeds faster than 0.84
For airlines , the arrival time matters a lot so the speed also depends upon winds and ground delay. If you encounter very strong tailwinds, you may cruise a bit faster maybe at 0.85 or 0.86 and a bit slower in case of tailwinds however in IF these things don’t matter a lot but it’ll be better for those who want to maintain their so called professionalism
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That’s somewhat correct. Many airlines cruise at higher altitudes too. Air India operates them at FL390 too and I think I saw a BA 77W at FL410 but I think I deleted the screenshot. I’ll see if I have it
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Still a very good tutorial though
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Yeah, that’s IRL, I’m talking about pure IF. This tutorial is in no way a reference to IRL 77Ws because as hard as IF tries they’re obviously going to have some differences.
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A359 is possible
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A350’s fuel profile in IF is really funny actually, I have the numbers that will be in a future tutorial but the gist is that it never changes that much across flight levels.
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That cool thanks for this
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I have the wind-altitude trade for real 777, but this tutorial is for IF.
777 has a old flight model, so it doesn’t behave like real world.
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There is a update coming remember
A359 is totally broken actually… I tested at M.85 when it came out, and it never helps to go above FL340. IRL A359 are rarely not above FL340.
I don’t think it has been changed actuallly