EASA Part-66 Module11 aeroplane systems foundations study materials
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A fuel quotient and a derived display

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A fuel quotient and a derived display

A fictional planning exercise gives 600 litres total fuel, of which 30 litres are explicitly defined as unusable. Two engines are assumed to consume 90 litres per hour each throughout the calculation. The exercise asks for a theoretical time based only on those stated quantities. It gives no taxi consumption, reserve requirement, route, wind, diversion or changing-power schedule. A separate display labeled FMS TOTAL is explicitly calculated by adding the same two tank-quantity indicators the learner is checking. A learner treats that total as an independent measurement confirming both indicators. The task is to calculate the limited quotient and explain the source relationship. No actual aircraft capacity, approved reserve or safe continuation decision is supplied, and no fuel-switching or balancing action should be inferred.

1. Calculate the theoretical fuel time without adding unstated allowances.

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Usable fuel is 600−30=570 litres. Combined consumption is 180 litres per hour, so 570/180=3.1667 hours, or 190 minutes. This does not include operational requirements absent from the model.

2. Is the FMS total an independent check of the same tank indicators?

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No. It is derived from those indicators by the stated definition. A second presentation of the same inputs is not an independent quantity measurement.