REFLECTOR: Economy Cruise

[David Rene Dugas]

Fast tie down and the second car may be the biggest issue. Personally, I recommend 25/25 and enjoy it at 3000 ft. 😎

Rene' Dugas
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On May 30, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Scott Baker <scottb33333 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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