Important Information on MSFS Unlimited Fuel Setting

After doing considerable testing today with both MSFS and P3D, it appears that the handling of "Unlimited Fuel" settings are handled differently with MSFS than they were with P3D/FSX. Where in FSX/P3D fuel counts down to approximately zero with P3D/FSX, MSFS keeps the fuel value constant as it was set at the start of your flight. As a result, flying with Unlimited Fuel set to on with MSFS will not count down your fuel and results in erroneous fuel information for "Fuel Burned" during flight...ie. zero fuel burned. This is why, with Unlimited Fuel set in MSFS-FS2020, your logbook will show "0" for fuel used for flights flown with Unlimited Fuel setting.

Additionally, I've altered the server-side program to no longer show penalty message for carrying excess fuel, as there is no longer a penalty for carrying excess fuel since Mike's Cost/Revenue Model charges you for the amount of starting fuel as if you've purchased it for the flight. Therefore, if you carry excess fuel, then the excess fuel charge will offset your revenue and negatively impact your profit for the flight. This will prevent the fuel penalty comment for carrying too much fuel when no penalty amount is showing for that - as it is now calculated in your "Fuel Cost".

Ending a flight with less than 45 minutes reserve fuel will still generate a penalty for your flight which will appear in the flight synopsis along with the comments.

Currently I'm not doing any checking for this setting regarding Econ Mode flights, but that could change at some point. For those "Econ-mode" fliers who wish for more realistic experience, I recommend keeping the Unlimited Fuel setting turned off.

Hope this clears up some things.

John