B - AIRCRAFT OPERATING MATTERS DA42/E

05 - FLIGHT PLANNING Is.1 / Amdt0 / 01-19

00 - CONTENT 05-00-P1

1 •  Fuel policy....................................................................................................05-01-P1

2 •  Performance tables.....................................................................................05-02-P1
2.1.  Fuel flow diagram.......................................................................................................05-02-P1
2.2.  Climb : distance / time / consumption.....................................................................05-02-P2
2.3.  Cruise performance tables........................................................................................05-02-P3
2.4.  Descent : distance / time / Consumption.................................................................05-02-P5
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1 •  Fuel policy

Standard allowances for the DA 42.

STANDARD
QUANTITIES CORRESPONDANCE
ALLOWANCES

The amount required to start up, taxi, and hold

Taxi fuel
before take-off.
1 USG

The amount required for the take-off, climb, Fixed quantity for :
cruise, descent and the arrival procedure (or 1 holding pattern + 10Nm
the runway pattern in VFR) till landing on fuel
Trip fuel destination airfield, taking into account the (or 1 runway pattern)
latest weather forecast.
2 USG
With a standard allowances for arrival
procedure or runway pattern.

The higher of the next two quantities :

Contingency fuel - 5% of the planned trip fuel 1 USG
- the standard allowance

The amount required for the missed approach

at the destination, climb, cruise, descent and Fixed quantity for :
arrival procedure (or the runway pattern in 1 holding pattern + 10Nm
VFR) till landing on the farther alternate fuel
Alternate fuel airfield, taking into account the latest weather (or 1 runway pattern)
forecast. 2 USG
With a standard allowance for arrival
procedure or runway pattern.

Final reserve fuel Standard allowance for 45 minutes of flight 7.5 USG
Only for IFR flights with no alternate airfield.
Additionnal fuel Standard allowance for 15 minutes of flight at 2 USG
holding speed (1500 ft, standard conditions)

Any fuel above the minima required (pilot’s

Extra fuel
decision).
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Summary :

QUANTITIES STANDARD ALLOWANCES

Taxi fuel 1 USG

Arrival procedure 2 USG

Contingency 1 USG

Final reserve fuel 7.5 USG

Additional fuel 2 USG

ENAC RULE
No flight if fuel quantity on board is under 1 hour of flight.
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2 •  Performance tables

2.1.  Fuel flow diagram

Note : The fuel calculations on the FUEL CALC portion of the G1000 MFD do not use the airplane’s
fuel quantity indicators.The values shown are numbers which are calculated from the last
fuel quantity update done by the pilot and actual fuel flow data. Therefore, the endurance
and range data is for information only, and must not be used for flight planning.
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2.2.  Climb : distance / time / consumption

This table gives the distance, time and consumption from sea level to requested level and does
not include take-off.
Conditions :
• ISA
• Weight : 1700 kg
• IAS 100 kts
• Power 100%

Pressure altitude Distance Time Consumption

(ft) (Nm) (min.sec) (USG)

0 0 0 0

1 000 1.3 1 0.3

2 000 2.6 2 0.5

3 000 3.9 3 0.8

4 000 5.2 3.5 1.0

5 000 6.5 4.5 1.3

6 000 7.8 5.5 1.5

7 000 9.2 6.5 1.8

8 000 10.6 7.5 2.1

9 000 12.0 8.5 2.4

10 000 13.5 9.5 2.7

11 000 15.2 10.5 3.0

12 000 16.9 11.5 3.3

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2.3.  Cruise performance tables

CRUISE 70% ISA -10°
Pressure altitude OAT IAS TAS
(ft) (°C) (kts) (kts)
0 5 136 134
1 000 3 134 135
2 000 1 134 136
3 000 -1 134 137
4 000 -3 134 139
5 000 -5 133 140
6 000 -7 131 141
7 000 -9 131 143
8 000 -11 130 144
9 000 -13 129 145
10 000 -15 128 146
11 000 -17 128 148
12 000 -19 127 150

CRUISE 70% ISA

Pressure altitude OAT IAS TAS
(ft) (°C) (kts) (kts)
0 15 134 135
1 000 13 134 136
2 000 11 133 137
3 000 9 133 139
4 000 7 132 140
5 000 5 131 141
6 000 3 131 143
7 000 1 130 144
8 000 -1 129 145
9 000 -3 128 147
10 000 -5 127 148
11 000 -7 127 150
12 000 -9 126 151
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CRUISE 70% ISA +10°

Pressure altitude OAT IAS TAS
(ft) (°C) (kts) (kts)
0 25 135 137
1 000 23 134 138
2 000 21 133 139
3 000 19 132 140
4 000 17 131 141
5 000 15 131 143
6 000 13 129 144
7 000 11 129 146
8 000 9 128 147
9 000 7 128 149
10 000 5 127 150
11 000 3 126 152
12 000 1 125 153

CRUISE 70% ISA +20°

Pressure altitude OAT IAS TAS
(ft) (°C) (kts) (kts)
0 35 133 138
1 000 33 133 139
2 000 31 131 140
3 000 29 130 141
4 000 27 130 143
5 000 25 129 144
6 000 23 129 146
7 000 21 128 147
8 000 19 127 149
9 000 17 126 150
10 000 15 126 152
11 000 13 125 153
12 000 11 124 155
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2.4.  Descent : distance / time / Consumption

The ENAC has retained following parameters for the descent :
KIAS 145 kt
Pitch angle -2°
Power 70%
Vertical speed -500 ft/mn

The following table gives the distance, time and consumption for a given altitude difference.

Δ FL Distance Time Consumption

(ft) (Nm) (min) (USG)

1 000 4.8 2 0.35

2 000 9.6 4 0.7

3 000 14.4 6 1.05

4 000 19.2 8 1.4

5 000 24 10 1.75

6 000 28.8 12 2.1

7 000 33.6 14 2.45

8 000 38.4 16 2.8

9 000 43.2 18 3.15

10 000 48 20 3.5

11 000 52.8 22 3.85

12 000 57.6 24 4.2

Example : descent from level 90 to 1000 ft, altitude difference is 8000 ft.
- Distance : 38.4 Nm
- Time : 16 minutes
- Consumption : 2.8 USG