Aerodynamics acording to Myth Busters!

On Jul 27, 8:49 pm, Alan Baker wrote:
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"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:

If the vehicle has a MPG computer, you can see what speed does to MPG. At
65, my Jeep gets 19MPG. At 55, it gets 24MPG. At 45, it gets 36MPG. If
you do the numbers, saving two minutes by driving fast costs big time.
Those are REALLY expensive minutes - more than the rental on some airplanes.

At about $4.25 per US gallon around here (Alberta, Canada)
65 MPH and 19 MPG is $14.54 an hour for fuel. At 45 MPH and 36 MPG it
comes to $5.31 per hour. The savings come to $9.23 per hour. I'd like
to know what airplane--even an ultralight--that would go for under $10
per hour? Even my little old homebuilt with its 65 hp engine costs me
about $20 per hour for fuel. Our Cessna 172s rent for $127 per hour,
which is fairly typical.


Dan