On 13 Oct 2009 14:00:46 -0700, et...@tulsagrammer.com (Eric Chevalier) wrote:
>>Anyway in this day and age TI or HP calculators can do most of >>the preflight calculations... > >It's not quite that simple. Sure, your TI or HP probably could perform >the calculations, but they don't integrate very well with the rest of >the system. Once you've figured out your basic payload and center of >gravity, now you need to order fuel. How much fuel? You don't want too >much, since excess fuel travels at air freight rates. Obviously the >outputs from weight & balance become input to your fuel calculations. >But fuel requirements are also also a function of weather along the >route. So you'd also like to tap into the weather forecasting system >as inputs to the fuel system. I haven't stayed current with flight technology - I still have my old draw-on "flight computer" from my flying days in the USAF. It did the job, but obviously not as well as what's available now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
