mrc vs lrc
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The 1% figure is taught on the Airbus Perf Course in Toulouse, but I don't have a direct reference.
The graph for an A340-314 at Fl330 (don't have the mass) gives a max SR of 62.1 NM per tonne of fuel at .783 mach, and a LRC SR of 61.5 NM per tonne at .803 mach. A significant improvement in speed for a small decrement in SR.
The graph for an A340-314 at Fl330 (don't have the mass) gives a max SR of 62.1 NM per tonne of fuel at .783 mach, and a LRC SR of 61.5 NM per tonne at .803 mach. A significant improvement in speed for a small decrement in SR.
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Or,....in reply to the original question!
As has already been said, mrc is for max range.
For max endurance you fly at the best lift/drag speed (min clean speed?). On an Airbus the nearest displayed speed to min drag is green dot, but that is the single engine min drag speed. The managed holding speed is the correct one for two engines, but (on the A320 family) the two are very close on most engine/airframe combos. Some pilots hold at green dot speed, but the purists hold at the managed speed, which may be a few knots higher.
LRC, the speed which gives a specific range 1% less than max SR, is a commercial compromise between range and speed. For what it's worth, on the military fast jets 95% range speed is used for LRC rather than the civil 1%.
Sorry about the Airbus biased reply, but it's the only info I have.
In summary, for my simple mind, I use the following philosophy:
Normal Ops - LRC
Predicted low fuel at destination - MRC (cost index 0 on an FMC/FMGC). It will only give you 1% more range, but every little helps.
Predicted early at destination (airfield closed/ poor weather, etc) - max endurance (green dot-ish on an Airbus)
(edited to acknowledge that Bik made his post while I was writing mine)
As has already been said, mrc is for max range.
For max endurance you fly at the best lift/drag speed (min clean speed?). On an Airbus the nearest displayed speed to min drag is green dot, but that is the single engine min drag speed. The managed holding speed is the correct one for two engines, but (on the A320 family) the two are very close on most engine/airframe combos. Some pilots hold at green dot speed, but the purists hold at the managed speed, which may be a few knots higher.
LRC, the speed which gives a specific range 1% less than max SR, is a commercial compromise between range and speed. For what it's worth, on the military fast jets 95% range speed is used for LRC rather than the civil 1%.
Sorry about the Airbus biased reply, but it's the only info I have.
In summary, for my simple mind, I use the following philosophy:
Normal Ops - LRC
Predicted low fuel at destination - MRC (cost index 0 on an FMC/FMGC). It will only give you 1% more range, but every little helps.
Predicted early at destination (airfield closed/ poor weather, etc) - max endurance (green dot-ish on an Airbus)
(edited to acknowledge that Bik made his post while I was writing mine)
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Thanks for that info guys. One thing still puzzles me, the cost index in the FMS already controls the commercial trade off between speed and fuel consumption. I understood the FMS also modifies MRC to give the best range speed for the entered winds. If it is capable of providing all the benefits of LRC in the MRC selection what then is the point of having a separate LRC speed?
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thanks BIK...
do correct me please if i'm wrong. so dp davies is referring to MRC when he talks about range on p.66 of HBJ and the endurance he talks about is simply endurance. perhaps the concept of LRC wasn't around yet when he published the book???
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do correct me please if i'm wrong. so dp davies is referring to MRC when he talks about range on p.66 of HBJ and the endurance he talks about is simply endurance. perhaps the concept of LRC wasn't around yet when he published the book???
thanks
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Alex,
I'm using Boeing documentation for the 1% reference, let me know your email and I will send it to you.
The use of MRC and LRC was around a long time before FMS's, you also have airlines which have this wonderful computer but cant ascertain correct costings to make it work properly
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I'm using Boeing documentation for the 1% reference, let me know your email and I will send it to you.
The use of MRC and LRC was around a long time before FMS's, you also have airlines which have this wonderful computer but cant ascertain correct costings to make it work properly
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Thanks. e-mail is [email protected]
I'm starting to suspect that LRC is a hangover from pre FMS days with no practical application (other than planning, thanks BIK!) Am I being unduly harsh?
I'm starting to suspect that LRC is a hangover from pre FMS days with no practical application (other than planning, thanks BIK!) Am I being unduly harsh?
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Alex remember that a badly planned flight is one where the crews have to use MRC!
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