Lancairians,

I can't help but comment also.

Those who routinely top up the tanks on local flights may have a misguided sense of being conservative.

Our high performance aircraft are that way due to a combination of aerodynamics, power and weight.

Carrying around a whole lot of excess fuel compromises that performance.

There may be hundreds of possible scenarios where having less weight would improve safety.  I'm sure we can all think of some.

The aircraft handling, responsiveness and corresponding joy of flying is also improved with reduced gross weight.

I'm very comfortable with an hour or so reserve.  I can get to maybe 100 other airports within a 200 mile radius.

 

Mark Ravinski

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Mark,

 

Are you suggesting that less is better? I don’t have a problem with you flying around with whatever amount of fuel you want, but to suggest that I am “misguided” if I prefer to have full tanks is perhaps stretching it a bit don’t you think?

 

Lynn Farnsworth

Super Legacy #235

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Mmo .6 Mach

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