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Old 01-08-2002 | 06:01 AM
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TonyF
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Default But I still have fuel left

Lee, you're not taking into account that I still have fuel left. I always have to pump a fair amount out of the tanks to empty them. I don't like running out of fuel, so I always land with a fair amount left.

I think I probably pull 10 to 12 oz out of the fuel tanks at the end of the day. So that means, if you're numbers are correct, that I burn 66 to 68 oz of fuel in 11 minutes of run time. That's an average of 6 to 6.2 oz/min. Those who have watched me fly the BobCat know I'm not off the power much.

RAM has always used an average flight to show fuel burn. So that 6 oz/min # is pretty close to what I'm getting.

Sure is nice to get a lot of flights off that 5 gallon can with the 500/BobCat.