: Any idea How do I get my 182 to cruise along at 5.5 GPH? (without
: burning something up cause it's leaned out too much? or falling out of
: the sky) It's a 1957 and real light for it's size and got a STOL kit.
: Getting hard to afford gas for it, but don't want to give in to my
: husband and get one of those old-fashioned taildraggers.

Don't know what altitude you're talking about but at 7500 and 20 squared
you are looking at 9 gph. At 15 inches and 2000 you will get about 6.5
gph. At this point the nose will be pretty high and you will only be
getting about 95-100 MPH IAS. To get to 5.5 gph wouldn't be any fun at
all. If you have to have 5.5 then sell the plane and get something that
can reasonably do that.



It also might be worth taking a look at some lean-of-peak information. Bottom
line: below max cruise power, it's impossible to damage your engine with the red knob
alone.

On the big bore Continentals you need to be below 65% before you try
that. Plus having a carbed engine makes LOP impractical.