REFLECTOR: Economy Cruise

[Mark Magee]

Scott,
You're a great American!
Your numbers look good to me. My only other option was to profile a low level (at and below 500 ft AGL) and shoot for 145-150 KTAS and fine tune the totalizer to get under 10 GPH.
I'll post real numbers when available.
Thanks.

Mark B. Magee
N34XL
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On May 30, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Scott Baker <scottb33333 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> Nice to hear from you!
> Since you asked ... :-)
> 
> 300 hp Lycoming
>   0-miles    2.0 gallons    Taxi and runup
> 14-miles    2.0 gallons    Climb Phase (4000' @ 140knots @ 650-700fpm rate of climb) Approximately 6-minutes (0.1-hour) burning 20gph during climb
> 30-miles    2.5 gallons    Cruise Phase (180knots burning 15gph)  Approximately 10-minutes (0.17-hours)
> 18-miles    1.5 gallons    Descent Phase (500fpm descent at 180knots burning 15gph)  Approximately 6-minutes (0.1-hour)
> =======
> 62 nm
>                     1.0 gallons    Pattern Phase - Approximately 6-minutes (0.1-hour) burning 10gph
>                     1.0 gallons    Taxi to parking 
>                     ==========
>                     10.0 gallons, plus or minus a gallon, one-way trip total
> 
> Mark's aircraft, being a fixed gear, might not get 180knots in cruise - but I bet the fuel #'s are not too far off.  And certainly there is room for savings with a no-delay take off and a straight in approach.
> 
> Hi Mark > Take the trip in the Velocity one day and let us know the real numbers!
> 
> Best,
> Scott B.
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/30/2013 7:33 PM, steve korney wrote:
>> Hey Scott...
>> 
>> Are you calculating to within a tenth of a gallon or a half gallon....
>> And how did you get that 10.5 gallons...
>> 
>> 
>> Steve 
>> 
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