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ACC and Trip Fuel

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:51 am
by balu69
Hi
I took a flight from LSZH to LSGG yesterday. I entered this completely in the MCDU and a trip fuel of 1.3 was displayed on the INIT-B page. This corresponds to the 1260kg from SimBrief.
When I entered the ACC according to blackbox711.com https://blackbox711.com/airport-info-charts.htmlon the PERF page (4420ft instead of 2920ft) a trip fuel of 1.6 was displayed.
Does anyone know whether this is also the case in the real Airbus and whether this leads to 300kg more fuel consumption?
Oh yes, I used around 1300kg for the flight

Re: ACC and Trip Fuel

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:14 pm
by balu69
Hello
I'm bringing this post forward again.
I have just done two test flights up to 16,000 feet once with ACC 2920 and once with 4420. In the MCDU the TripFuel showed 0.1 higher for the climb but I used the same amount of fuel in both variants.
I also noticed that the higher the V2, the greater the difference in TripFuel
Does anyone know this and does this correspond to reality?
Basically it's not that important but I still like it if the TripFuel in the OFP matches that in the MCDU

Re: ACC and Trip Fuel

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:24 pm
by jeehell
Higher ACC means you're flying at V2 with flaps out for a longer time, so more drag and it should also mean lower slope on the long runs o more time at clb thrust.
Higher V2 also means shallower climb so longer in clb thrust. So in general yes it will increase fuel.

Re: ACC and Trip Fuel

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:33 pm
by balu69
Hi Jean Luc
Thanks for the detailed answer. This is beyond my knowledge for now. But I'll read into it.