Return-Path: Received: from mail.viclink.com ([66.129.220.6] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3119608 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:56:18 -0500 Received: from mail.viclink.com (p006.AS1.viclink.com [66.129.192.6]) by mail.viclink.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i2P3uGT58178 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:56:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <406257CE.4050103@mail.viclink.com> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:53:50 -0800 From: Perry Mick User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Consumption Questions References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030217) (mail.viclink.com) Tommy James wrote: >Hi Greg, >Today, In Glastar N78TP, GTW of 1800lbs., I flew 500nm at 110kts TAS, 5500', >5000 rpm and burned 8 gph. Top speed was about 130kts at 5400 (downhill). >Actually this was the first cross country in 30 years, so I took it easy on >everything just to get home. :-) >Regards, Tommy James<>< > >What kind of fuel burn are you guys experiencing that are flying >your 13Bs? >Appreciate any and all thoughts. > >Best Regards, > >Greg Fuess > > > On my trip to Bullhead City AZ, 1000 nm @ 135 knots TAS, gross wt. 1490, average cruise 5200 RPM, various altitudes between 8500' and 12500'. Fuel burn was 7.5 gph. I believe the stock ECU is running the engine on the rich side. I haven't run the calculation for the return trip. -- Perry Mick http://www.ductedfan.com