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01-26-2006 | 07:19 PM

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RE: BME 55 REANNOUNCED!

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ORIGINAL: dick Hanson

Pattern planes just sip fuel in the typical patterns- If you keep th velocity constant --the fuel consumption is more even -and less - just like driving a car -

Wonder why the YS was using 2.2oz min?

I just got my Giles in the air a couple days ago-- 1.6FX and pipe. This plane is only 11 pounds dry. Flew two 8 min flights (throttle over 15%) a mix of IMAC (Sportsmans sequence) and 3D (lots of hovering) KE passes, 16oz tank and on landing I had more than 1/2 tank left. No I was not at full throttle very often--only a couple of times on pull out.

Yes if I was trying to fly faster(higher throttle settings) fuel usage would go up, but I am not racing. I know fuel usage had a lot to do with flying style.

Are you saying that you were getting about the same economy with your ST2300?

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