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Ray Andraka wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote: See Jay, Size DOES matter. :-) Mary telling you any different doesn't count! P.S. It's not just the girth...the length (of the cabin) is also something to envy. As is the second door (which passengers don't have to climb up on the wing to get into) and the front baggage compartment. Admit it Jay, you have Piper envy. No, no, no, Ray. Only Cezzzna drivers have Piper envy! ;-) About twice a year I would really, really like a Six. Oshkosh and Sun N Fun, basically. The other 98 flights, hauling that pig around would truly be wasted on our little family. Jay, probably 2/3rds of my flights are solo in the Six. Yeah, it is pulling around a lot of airframe to do that, but still cheaper than owning another airplane. Yup, I'm spoiled. Worth the 15% extra fuel burn to me. One could always fly slower to get the fuel burn closer to a 4-pax airplane, but does anyone every really do this? Matt |
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One could always fly slower to get the fuel burn closer to a 4-pax
airplane, but does anyone every really do this? I always *say* I can do this, with our 6-cylinder O-540, and technically I can. Shoot, I can lean it all the way back to 8 gph, and fly at C-150 speeds. Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. The only time I throttle back to 10 gph is when I'm flying with friends in their 172s or Warriors as a flight of 2 or 3. The rest of the time, I like to go faster -- even though it makes little sense to do so. Human nature, I guess. Or, just plain dumb... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote: Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. Ouch. |
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Newps wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote: Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. Ouch. Jay, I thought book cruise fuel burn for a 235 was about 12 GPH. Why are you burning 15? Book for my Six is 14 GPH, and I would be getting that if I wasn't fighting the front two cylinders running so lean with WOT. Sounds to me like a move up to a Six wouldn't be as painful as you made it out to be the other day. So are we going to see you show up at OSH in a six this year then? |
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Sure. I'll pick him up on my way... :-D
"Ray Andraka" wrote in message ... Newps wrote: Jay Honeck wrote: Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. Ouch. Jay, I thought book cruise fuel burn for a 235 was about 12 GPH. Why are you burning 15? Book for my Six is 14 GPH, and I would be getting that if I wasn't fighting the front two cylinders running so lean with WOT. Sounds to me like a move up to a Six wouldn't be as painful as you made it out to be the other day. So are we going to see you show up at OSH in a six this year then? |
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Ray Andraka wrote: Newps wrote: Jay Honeck wrote: Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. Ouch. Jay, I thought book cruise fuel burn for a 235 was about 12 GPH. Why are you burning 15? Book for my Six is 14 GPH, and I would be getting that if I wasn't fighting the front two cylinders running so lean with WOT. Sounds to me like a move up to a Six wouldn't be as painful as you made it out to be the other day. So are we going to see you show up at OSH in a six this year then? Running 15 gph for a 235 hp engine is a colossal waste of gas at cruise speed. My 285 hp engine(IO-520) gets 75% at 14 gph. |
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Newps wrote:
Ray Andraka wrote: Newps wrote: Jay Honeck wrote: Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. Ouch. Jay, I thought book cruise fuel burn for a 235 was about 12 GPH. Why are you burning 15? Book for my Six is 14 GPH, and I would be getting that if I wasn't fighting the front two cylinders running so lean with WOT. Sounds to me like a move up to a Six wouldn't be as painful as you made it out to be the other day. So are we going to see you show up at OSH in a six this year then? Running 15 gph for a 235 hp engine is a colossal waste of gas at cruise speed. My 285 hp engine(IO-520) gets 75% at 14 gph. Book burn for my 260 hp O-540 is 14 gph. Both mine and Jay's are carbureted, so we end up with a wider spread between cylinders, which in turn means we lean to the leanest cylinder and accept the fuel burns of the others. I've currently got an issue I am trying to track down with mine that is making the front two cylinders reach peak EGT some 270-300 degrees before the others, which in turn is making my fuel burn close to 19gph (no, it isn't an induction leak, we've pressurized the intake and checked it, plus the problem is most noticible at WOT on cold days. If it were an intake leak, it would be accentuated at lower throttle settings rather than higher ones). Previously, I used to get EGT spreads around 150 deg and was getting fuel burns pretty close to the 14gph book value. I don't know why Jay is burning 25% more than book, and am curious if he knows why (or maybe it was a typo?). |
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Previously, I used to get EGT spreads around 150 deg and was getting fuel
burns pretty close to the 14gph book value. I don't know why Jay is burning 25% more than book, and am curious if he knows why (or maybe it was a typo?). We normally fly at 23 squared, and lean back in order to keep EGTs within 100 degrees of each other, and under 1600 degrees. We try to keep CHTs under 350 degrees. We usually cruise between 3500 and 6500 feet. At 3500 feet our FS-450 will indicate 15 gph at these settings. At 6500 feet it will be closer to 14 gph. Way back when, we calibrated the FS-450 to read "fat", in order to err on the side of high fuel burn. I'd bet it's off by close to 1 gph, so we're probably flying closer to 14 and 13 gph. Can we lean back further? Sure. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
One could always fly slower to get the fuel burn closer to a 4-pax airplane, but does anyone every really do this? I always *say* I can do this, with our 6-cylinder O-540, and technically I can. Shoot, I can lean it all the way back to 8 gph, and fly at C-150 speeds. Do I? Hell, no! I cruise at 140 knots, at 15 gph. Lean, grasshopper, lean! Matt |
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John Smith wrote:
In article bVNvj.45975$yE1.32607@attbi_s21, "Jay Honeck" wrote: Way back when, we calibrated the FS-450 to read "fat", in order to err on the side of high fuel burn. I'd bet it's off by close to 1 gph, so we're probably flying closer to 14 and 13 gph. That seems counter productive. The purposes of having a fuel flow gauge is to accurately determine/present the fuel that is actually being consumed and exactly how much fuel remains. If you do not know either, how can you trouble shoot accurately? The FS-450 on the Cherokee Six that I fly is calibrated to 0.2 gph. It only required three cross country flights to get it set properly. The calibration can in handy when the right main fuel flot abandoned the rod to the sender unit in that tank. The return trip from Florida to Ohio was flown with reference to fuel burn to within one-half gallon remaining in each tank as indicated by the FS-450. It works that well. Ditto, I've got mine calibrated to within a tenth or so as well, and it only took one adjustment. It consistently is within a half gallon when I empty the tanks and fill them. |
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