FSX & FSX: Steam Edition Fuel, Weight & Balance Questions & Answers

Fuel planning in FSX and FSX: Steam Edition involves more than filling the tanks. This hub covers calculating trip, reserve and contingency fuel, choosing sensible payloads, and keeping centre of gravity and take-off weight within limits. It also explains how fuel quantity, aircraft loading and weather affect range, handling and performance.

The practical guides tackle refuelling through FSX menus, using add-on planners such as the Aerosoft Airbus X Fuel Planner, and resolving mismatches between planned and displayed quantities. Aerial refuelling procedures and their simulator limitations are covered too. Answers are written and tested by the Fly Away team, with attention to differences between default aircraft, add-ons and realism settings.