Fuel Burn & Reserve: Phases, Day/Night Reserve and the Margin
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You add up taxi, climb and cruise fuel, pick a day or night VFR reserve with IF, total the fuel required and check the margin to the usable fuel on board.
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Lessons in this course
- Aviation Units: Knots, Nautical Miles, Feet, Pounds and Gallons Locked
- True Airspeed from Indicated: the 2 % per 1,000 ft Rule of Thumb Locked
- The Wind Triangle: Wind Correction Angle, Heading and Groundspeed Locked
- Time, Speed & Distance: Leg Times, Cumulative Time and ETAs Locked
- Fuel Burn & Reserve: Phases, Day/Night Reserve and the Margin Locked
- Weight & Balance: Moments, Centre of Gravity and the Envelope Check Locked
- Pressure & Density Altitude: Rules of Thumb for Hot and High Fields Locked
- Flight Log Summary: Takeoff vs Landing CG and the Envelope Chart Locked