Calculate Bingo Fuel

[REL]

Hey

 

Is there a way or a tool that calculates Bingo Fuel quantity?

[Zenra]

There are a number of Mission Planning "Sample Problems" near the end of the T.O. 1A-10A-1-1 manual that detail fuel calculations. A wide variety of missions are covered, and the tables in that manual seem to apply well to the DCS A-10C. All of the examples include a "Landing Reserve" of 2000 lb.

 

Of course you can also do a quick calculation by checking TOT with the CDU STEERPOINT page set to home plate and noting your fuel flow at cruise settings. Multiplying return flight time by fuel flow rate and adding the reserve yields an estimate of BINGO fuel quantity.

[lucaguccione]

Hi Zenra, could you tell me where is it possibile to find T.O. 1A-10A-1-1 manual?

Thank a lot

[EtherealN]

Hi Zenra, could you tell me where is it possibile to find T.O. 1A-10A-1-1 manual?

Thank a lot

 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=T.O.+1A-10A-1-1

 

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[REL]

There are a number of Mission Planning "Sample Problems" near the end of the T.O. 1A-10A-1-1 manual that detail fuel calculations. A wide variety of missions are covered, and the tables in that manual seem to apply well to the DCS A-10C. All of the examples include a "Landing Reserve" of 2000 lb.

 

Of course you can also do a quick calculation by checking TOT with the CDU STEERPOINT page set to home plate and noting your fuel flow at cruise settings. Multiplying return flight time by fuel flow rate and adding the reserve yields an estimate of BINGO fuel quantity.

 

Can you give an example with numbers please? let's say the TOT is 30 Minutes...

[Eddie]

Flamin_Squirrel's mission planner program is very useful. Sadly he never really finished it, and lost the source code so how it is now is it. But it is very useful for working out climb/cruise and fuel usage.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=60438&highlight=mission+planner

[Zenra]

Can you give an example with numbers please? let's say the TOT is 30 Minutes...

 

Sure: say you are burning 2000 PPH (pounds per hour). If it is 30 minutes to base your BINGO fuel level is 2000 * 30/60 + (reserve) = 1000 lb + 2000 lb = 3000 lb.

 

@Eddie: thanks for the pointer to the fuel planner - I had forgotten about that project. Will check it out again.

[REL]

Thanks Zenra