Method, system, and computer-readable medium for calibrating performance parameters of an aircraft during a phantom fuel procedure

An aircraft flight control system for calibrating performance parameters of an aircraft during a phantom fuel procedure, the aircraft flight control system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to:
• receive, via the control interface of the aircraft flight control system, a fuel weight parameter value corresponding to a weight of fuel onboard the aircraft and a phantom fuel value, wherein the phantom fuel value comprises an excess weight value;
• determine a gross weight parameter value based at least in part on a zero fuel weight parameter value corresponding to a maximum allowable zero fuel aircraft weight and the fuel weight parameter value;
• determine a fuel consumption parameter value of the aircraft based at least in part on an output of one or more fuel flow sensors communicatively coupled to the aircraft flight control system;
• update the gross weight parameter value during operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the fuel weight parameter value and the fuel consumption parameter value;
• determine one or more performance parameter values for the aircraft during operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the gross weight parameter value, the one or more performance parameter values corresponding to one or more operational requirements of the aircraft;
• and
• adjust operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the one or more performance parameters.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for calibrating performance parameters of an aircraft during a phantom fuel procedure that, when executed by one or more computing devices of an aircraft flight control system, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:

• receive, via the control interface of the aircraft flight control system, a fuel weight parameter value corresponding to a weight of fuel onboard the aircraft and a phantom fuel value, wherein the phantom fuel value comprises an excess weight value;
• determine a gross weight parameter value based at least in part on a zero fuel weight parameter value corresponding to a maximum allowable zero fuel aircraft weight and the fuel weight parameter value;
• determine a fuel consumption parameter value of the aircraft based at least in part on an output of one or more fuel flow sensors communicatively coupled to the aircraft flight control system;
• update the gross weight parameter value during operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the fuel weight parameter value and the fuel consumption parameter value;
• determine one or more performance parameter values for the aircraft during operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the gross weight parameter value, the one or more performance parameter values corresponding to one or more operational requirements of the aircraft;
• and
• adjust operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the one or more performance parameters.