User manual

PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X
Aerosoft GmbH 2013
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• Cargo capacity: Cargo capacity incorporates the maximum
weight of baggage and cargo the airplane is certified for. Note:
field can be left blank, if no weight limit is defined.
• Fuel capacity: The maximum amount of fuel the aircraft can carry.
• Taxi Fuel/min: The amount of fuel used per minute with the air-
craft on ground during taxiing. Note: Microsoft Flight Simulator
airplanes usually use more fuel during idle/low power setting
than real-world equivalents. Enter a higher value, if required.
• APU burn/hour: The amount of fuel used per hour by the Auxil-
iary Power Units (APU). Leave blank, if no APU is installed.
• Take-Off/Approach burn/time: Some aircraft types require a spe-
cific amount of fuel and time to be added for take-off and land-
ing calculations. If performance tables do not include Take-off or
Landing burn or time, enter the required values.
• •LastStep:Tobeusedforightplanningoptimization.PFPXwill
not plan a step-climb when within a specific distance in nautical
miles (nm) from destination. Default is 250nm.
• Altitude Adjust: To be used for flight planning optimization. De-
termines, if a step-climb is planned earlier or later than normal.
Values can reach from -2000 (Late step climb) to +2000 (Early
step climb).
• Engine Anti-Ice: Increase of fuel burn in percent with Engine
Anti-Ice equipment on. Leave blank if aircraft has no engine ice
protection.
• Total Anti-Ice: Increase of fuel burn in percent with Total Anti-
Icing equipment on. Leave blank if aircraft has no engine ice
protection.
• Climb, Cruise and Descent Bias: Real-world airplanes tend to con-
sume more fuel during airplane and engine ageing. In PFPX these
bias values can be configured to adjust fuel burn variations for
different add-ons. Note: A Bias value of 105% means a fuel burn
of 5% above default aircraft performance values.