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Old 10-11-2012, 01:22 PM
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Default RE: Falcon Fuel consumption

Thanks for the input guys.

The old Starjet was designed with the old JPX engine (about 9~10 Lbs thrust from what I can find) and it was known to break 200 MPH on that. So... even if I turn the power down to 1:1.... I'm sure the throttle stick won't be up very high normally.

I was wondering about the fuel consumption for a couple reasons.

1) Because of the small-ish amount of fuel I will carry. AND

2) When it was on the test stand... it drank most of a 32 oz tank just idling. (but I didn't measure the time)


I've never used a taxi tank... but I guess this will be the first model I will need to use one on.