Originally Posted by
Yellow Sun
Unless someone has a copy of the ODM lurking in their loft (and any of us can remember how to use it!) then it will be difficult to confirm.
I have. If I can find it I will have a look.
As an aside, the first time I submitted the Wing operational war plan fuel summaries Ops 1a at Bomber, Norman Howard took one look and threw them back at me. Errors were using the wrong weights, including the 6,300lb weight of the Yellow Sun in the fuel and using 240kts for low level instead of 325kts. I asked him what the secret was
Simply he took the time for each sector, take-off to top of descent, TOD low level to final climb point, and FCP to overhead recovery. He added the first and last and three times the low level. He then looked at the high level cruise graph for that total time. Simples.
I drew up a combined fuel graph and could quickly check the plans submitted by the copilots. I never let on I had a cheat guide