J-3 Performance

two hours is two hours.. regardless of where the wind takes you.. it's still
8 gallons gone out of 12..
even if you are not where you thought you should be for that planned fuel
stop

BT

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:24:02 GMT, zatatime wrote:

Plan on 5 gph burn (more like 4.5 but be safe if you don't know the
plane)

Cruise between 2150 and 2250.

I set it at 2100 and expect 4 gph. I fly two-hour segments but of
course that's pretty meaningless on a ferry trip since you probably
can't account for the wind that precisely.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Nuh!

If you're flying from NY to LA, you can't simply divide the nation
into two-hour segments, because you can't know from whence and how
fast the wind will be blowing.

Two hours in the air may always be equal, but the miles covered on the
ground are not.


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:09:08 -0800, "BTIZ"
wrote:

two hours is two hours.. regardless of where the wind takes you.. it's still
8 gallons gone out of 12..
even if you are not where you thought you should be for that planned fuel
stop

BT

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:24:02 GMT, zatatime wrote:

Plan on 5 gph burn (more like 4.5 but be safe if you don't know the
plane)

Cruise between 2150 and 2250.

I set it at 2100 and expect 4 gph. I fly two-hour segments but of
course that's pretty meaningless on a ferry trip since you probably
can't account for the wind that precisely.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
the blog www.danford.net


all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
the blog www.danford.net