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"karel" wrote in message ... Out of curiosity I started to look for fuel consumption figures for the Jabiru 3300. I found a figure of 0.46 lbs/HP/hr which is not particularly meaningful to me. Moreover it said "at cruise power" without further specification. So I started to assume 65% powser for cruise, calculating from the rated power of 120HP this gives some 78 HP. So 78*0.46 gives me 3.6 lbs/hour, or 6 USG per hour or close to 23 liters/hour. Is this way of calculating correct and do the numbers seem reasonable? I had expected this engine to be less fuel hungry than the Lycomings &C... Do not Rotax claim something like 15 liters/hour? TIA PS do not tell me that the rated power of 120 HP is not for continued application, I knew that. Seems similar to the Rotax 914S. Isn't that a six-banger with 3.3 liter displacement? I'm surprised it doesn't use more fuel than that. It revs higher than your average Lycoming or Continental too. |
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