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Old Aug 18, 2018 | 9:51 pm
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NZ_Kiwis
 
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Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
No. Fuel burn is a lot more complicated. A lot of fuel to climb. In cruise as weight decreases fuel burn rate decreases.
Yeah thought it would be too simple, is there an easy way to get an approx amount?

I'm writing a very basic airline simulation game, fuel cost / fuel burn rates impact this a lot. So not used for anything close to operating performance but just a way of getting a number which is somewhat realistic for an artificial world
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