Fuel problem

[mw308]

Hi all does anyone else have a problem with fuel calculations? When a flight is logged the fuel is charged at 0 even though in the local.config.php it's 5.10. Is there somewhere else that it should be specified?

Cheers

EDIT: Scrub this it started working! However something tells me I haven't used £2800 of fuel travelling 40nm! If I had 971 lbs to start and landed with 626 lbs, how does that get seen as "566 fuel used" - is this 566 units? I've set the LiquidUnit setting to "3" for lbs, so shouldn't it say 345 fuel used?

[Nabeel]

Which ACARS program are you using?

[mw308]

kACARS

[Nabeel]

I'd let Jeff know of that problem in his thread then, since the connector picks up the fuel used

[Guest lorathon]

I'd let Jeff know of that problem in his thread then, since the connector picks up the fuel used

kACARS reports in lbs. The conversion is handled with the module. Depending upon your settings you will get a different result.

/* Fuel conversion - kAcars only reports in lbs */
				$fuelused = $xml->pirep->fuelUsed;
				if(Config::Get('LiquidUnit') == '0')
				{
					# Convert to KGs, divide by density since d = mass * volume
					$fuelused = ($fuelused * .45359237) / .8075;
				}
				# Convert lbs to gallons
				elseif(Config::Get('LiquidUnit') == '1')
				{
					$fuelused = $fuelused * 6.84;
				}
				# Convert lbs to kgs
				elseif(Config::Get('LiquidUnit') == '2')
				{
					$fuelused = $fuelused * .45359237;
				}				

local configuration settings

Config::Set('LiquidUnit', '2');   # 0=liter 1=gal 2=kg 3=lbs

We are using kg (#2). I just checked my last flight

366lbs burned (366 * .45359237) = 166.0148074

Link to PIREP report. Seems to be working to me. I would check your settings. Let me know if something is different with a different setting.

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