REFLECTOR: Takeoff roll - fuel burn

[Scott Derrick]

Al Gietzen wrote:
> I got my wakeup call last summer at Longmont, CO; elev 5100' - runway length
> <snip>
> I realized later my error.  The Koch chart is 'add to normal takeoff'.  I
> should have been thinking 3 times the sea level requirement.  I've been on
> the overly conservative side ever since.
>   
I too have dragged my mains through the runway end lights a couple times
on take off.  Both times I can credit to underestimating the effect of
density altitude.  

Wise call to be overly conservative Al.  You and your plane will live
long and prosper!

Scott

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