REFLECTOR: Economy Cruise

[Scott Baker]

On such a short mission, I doubt there will be little difference in fuel 
burn between normal cruise operations and economy cruise.  By my quick 
calculations either method will burn close to 10.5 gallons (one way).  
On a 62nm flight, the difference in economy cruise and normal cruise 
will maybe save 5-minutes ... which is not enough time to 'earn' much 
fuel savings.  Tweaking the power settings might be an interesting and 
fun exercise.  I doubt however that it will save a gallon of fuel (one way).
Best,
Scott B.


> On 5/30/2013 2:06 PM, Mark Magee wrote:
>> All,
>> My bird is XLFG IO540 300HP MT CS prop (two PMAGS on pre-order) and 
>> I'm needing some performance data feedback. I may be daily 
>> 'commuting' in the bird a 62 NM one way hop, 4 or 5 days per week. 
>> Both airports about 2,000 ft MSL. I'm thinking I can remain fairly 
>> efficient if I lean on climb, climb to only 6,000 MSL at 130KT climb 
>> then back down to 23 squared power and shoot for 150 KT cruise. I 
>> know this bird isn't optimized for the short hop, yet I may need it 
>> to perform there. With the P-Mags if I could keep the fuel burn under 
>> 10GPH on the round trip I won't have to go to the mat with my wife 
>> that I need a(n) (additional) Long EZ for this new mission... :)
>> What do you guys think?
>>
>> Mark B. Magee
>> N34XL
>> Sent from IPhone 4S

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