Fuel Prices and their Effect on Your Flying

Montblack wrote:
("Newps" wrote)

Or just buy a more efficient plane. I sold my 182 and got a Bonanza.
I'm burning a lot less gas, approx 40%, than when I had my 182.



What are the two engines?
Your normal cruise speeds between the two?

Curious? I wouldn't have thought that the case.

Most of my flying is the local $100 hamburger run. In the 182 with the
standard O-470R I usually ran top of the green, 23"/2450. That gave me
about 135-140 mph indicated and burned about 12.5-13. In the Bo with
the standard IO-520 I run 45% in the local area at 19"/2100 at 50 lean
of peak. That will give me 150 mph indicated and burn 8 gph, so
nowadays I'm burning 4.5-5 gph less and when I need or want to I can
tear up the sky at 185-190 mph indicated at 15 gph.