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DVA1137
Captain, B757-200

Joined on March 19 2003

"Contact Tower, They'll Work It Out"
Anchorage, AK USA

50 legs, 86.5 hours
17 legs, 34.1 hours online
44 legs, 75.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 19 2011 00:17 ET by John Howell

Does anyone know if there is a utility out there that will generate realistic payloads for various aircraft? When I go to load the aircraft, I generally just pick an arbitrary number that loads the plane to between 2/3rds and 3/4ths full. I wouldn't mind having something that would make this a little more random.

John Howell

Captain, B757-200

DVA7343
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on May 16 2009
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Triple Century Club

"It's not a job but an adventure "
Lugoff, SC USA

368 legs, 798.4 hours
39 legs, 73.8 hours online
358 legs, 777.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 19 2011 05:40 ET by John Morris

Topcat is what I use to generate the most realistic plans

http://www.topcatsim.com/

here is an example of a load sheet for one of the flights I generated
L O A D S H E E T ISSUED BY APPROVED DATE TIME

07 FEB 2011 2329
ALL WEIGHTS IN POUNDS ......... ..........
FROM/TO FLIGHT A/C REG A/C TYPE CONFIG
KSAV/KATL 1122 PM737WL B737-700/CFM56-7B22 C8 Y120
WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
LOAD IN COMPARTMENTS 18976 1/8511 2/10465
PASSENGER/CABIN BAG 13797 AD/70 C/11 I/6 TTL 81+6
TOTAL PAYLOAD 32773 LAST MINUTE CHANGES
DRY OPERATING WEIGHT 83000 DEST SPEC CL/CPT +/- WEIGHT
ZERO FUEL WEIGHT ACTUAL 115773 MAX 120500 L
TAKE OFF FUEL 18105
TAKE OFF WEIGHT ACTUAL 133878 MAX 153500
TRIP FUEL 14385
LANDING WEIGHT ACTUAL 119493 MAX 128928
TAXI OUT FUEL 525
UNDERLOAD BEFORE L.M.C. 4727 LIMITED BY ZFW LMC TOTAL + / -
BALANCING/TRIM CONDITIONS
MACZFW 26.44%
MACTOW 29.23% STAB TRIM: +5.4
MACLDW 27.18%
MAC LIMITS
ZFW FWD 14.64% AFT 32.70%
TOW FWD 13.04% AFT 35.89%
LDW FWD 14.32% AFT 34.69%
TRIM BY CABIN AREA
A5.B76
CAPTAINS INFORMATION/NOTES
STD WEIGHTS USED ADULT/185 CHILD/77 INFANT/0
BLOCK FUEL/ 18630 ( 2765 GALLONS)
LANDG FUEL/ 3720 ( 552 GALLONS)
TAXI TIME 21 MIN
CREATED WITH TOPCAT 2.70 (21JAN11)
AIRCRAFT FILE VERSION 1.05 (07JAN11)
END LOADSHEET 1122 KSAV-KATL

John Morris

Captain, B777-200

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