X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:01:17 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from a2s34.a2hosting.com ([74.126.18.170] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c4) with ESMTPS id 4040912 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:45:15 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.126.18.170; envelope-from=lorn@dynacomm.us DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=dynacomm.us; h=Received:Subject:From:Content-Type:Message-Id:Date:To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Mime-Version:X-Mailer; b=Gd5spjUqvEGovBuN5yq6aeo/orHjWxYySIDEwv3/9OILOgPlSNi33B2WvgNihxN3Lzm1qbQMh2PFQ8jTg6KFsKJ1YXHznUfGd5fufACqbccejZOxjIrp04dE8AaXSkBi; Received: from adsl-76-226-122-63.dsl.sfldmi.sbcglobal.net ([76.226.122.63] helo=[192.168.1.64]) by a2s34.a2hosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NODHL-0000lD-S3 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:44:39 -0500 Subject: Re: Fuel Planning From: Lorn H Olsen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes X-Original-Message-Id: <88540A87-3EEE-4624-A50D-29551ABC87FB@dynacomm.us> X-Original-Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:44:38 -0500 X-Original-To: Lancair List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1074) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1074) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - a2s34.a2hosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dynacomm.us I don't know if I can answer the question the way it is ask but here is a try. Because I have a header tank (11 gal), I always fill it up. This lets me know exactly how much fuel that I have. If I started with 30 minutes of fuel in the header tank that should equate to 4.0 gal at 8 gal/hr. First I would fill the header with 7.0 gal. Next, I like to land with 9 or 10 gal (1:15 hr) in the header tank so that I can fill it up on my next flight. For such a short trip I would fuel for both directions or 1 hour or 8 gal. I also think that landing with 9 gal would be safe. So the total fuel on board when I take off should be 17 gal. This means adding 7.0 gal to the header and 6.0 gal to the right wing. At the 8 gal/hr standard burn this would come out to 13 gal or 13/8 = 97.5 minutes. There it is. Final answer = 97.5 minutes. > There is 30min of fuel in your plane. > You wanta meet your friends for lunch on this stunning VFR day. > You don't have any planned flights for the next few weeks. > The lunch stop's gas is the same price as as at your home field. > The lunch stop's runway is 5,000 at sea level. > The flight time to lunch is 30mins > > How many mins of fuel do you add to your tanks for the flight? -- Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, ASMEL, ASES, Comm, Inst DynaComm, Corp., 248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.us LNC2, FB90/92, O-320-D1F, 1,650 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan