cmbaviator Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to have an option to have the fuel in Kg instead of gallons ? Because PFPX mainly gives fuel in lbs or kg. Thanks Edited October 26, 2018 by skiselkov 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armandvz Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 I was also hoping that the fuel unit can be changed to kgs or lbs instead of USG, it would make life so much easier for us outside of the US 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbaviator Posted October 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, armandvz said: I was also hoping that the fuel unit can be changed to kgs or lbs instead of USG, it would make life so much easier for us outside of the US agreed but on the same time regarding performance in the G1000, it only take USG, so better get use to it, as a quick rule of thumb ( can be done mentally) 1USG = 4kg (1-0.1) = 3.6Kg / exact :3.79kg basically X USG = X -10%X kg 10 USG = 36 Kg / exact 37.9kg Edited October 26, 2018 by cmbaviator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiselkov Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 The manufacturer calibrated the aircraft only in USG, so we can't go around changing indications in unrealistic ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maub Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 From the POH, the conversion is approximately 2.97 (of course this is variable, because one is weight an the other is volume, the density is at play here), that's what I've used for the PFPX profile I did. US Gal x 2.97 = Kgs Kgs / 2.97 = US Gal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siege00 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 I may be wrong here, but wouldn't GAL be more accurate in using the load manager anyway since I've heard XP doesn't calculate the difference in weight between AVGAS and jet fuels? Of course I could be wrong about XP's gas/fuel calculations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiselkov Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 1 hour ago, siege00 said: I may be wrong here, but wouldn't GAL be more accurate in using the load manager anyway since I've heard XP doesn't calculate the difference in weight between AVGAS and jet fuels? Of course I could be wrong about XP's gas/fuel calculations. X-Plane models fuel flow in kg/sec, irrespective of the fuel type. It's up to the addon maker to fine-tune it so it behaves sensibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainYukinoshitaHachiman Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 On 10/26/2018 at 10:53 PM, maub said: From the POH, the conversion is approximately 2.97 (of course this is variable, because one is weight an the other is volume, the density is at play here), that's what I've used for the PFPX profile I did. US Gal x 2.97 = Kgs Kgs / 2.97 = US Gal On which page is this on the POH please? I tried to look it up but couldn't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maub Posted June 1, 2021 Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 On 5/29/2021 at 7:27 AM, CaptainYukinoshitaHachiman said: On which page is this on the POH please? I tried to look it up but couldn't find it. Hi, please disregard. I'm using this website to convert: http://mye6b.com/Fuel/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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