Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao10.cox.net ([68.230.241.29] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 797031 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:23:04 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.29; envelope-from=daveleonard@cox.net Received: from davidandanne ([68.101.147.215]) by fed1rmmtao10.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with SMTP id <20050317042219.GDDI2123.fed1rmmtao10.cox.net@davidandanne> for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:22:19 -0500 From: "DaveLeonard" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Fuel Burn Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:22:25 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Reading Steve's flight report reminded me that I have some fuel consumption numbers to report from my trip to Mexico. 6000 feet, 135KTAS in cruise (flight plan 115kts works out well), about 7 gal/hr. Well leaned. I got 15.0 nautical miles/gal or 17.2 statute miles/gal. I still have a lot of back pressure from the turbine housing - will fix that someday. Dave Leonard