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Old February 13th 07, 12:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
Dan Luke
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"Newps" wrote in message
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Dan Luke wrote:
"Newps" wrote:

Dan Luke wrote:
The bad news is that we were burning
15.5 GPH to get that speed.

Why the high fuel flow? My 285hp IO-520 book fuel flow is 15.2 at 75%.


That's not much difference.




55 horsepower is a big difference.


Right.

I suspect I checked the fuel flow before we leaned it.