In a message dated 5/28/2007 5:36:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
farnsworth@charter.net writes:
Are you guys
factoring in the return to tank fuel for the Continental
engine?
Lynn: I believe my indicated and actual fuel flow are the same.
I calibrated the fuel flow transducer by adjusting the Chelton EAU k factor so
that the indicated fuel burned over time equaled the actual fuel consumed.
On the Chelton that means the fuel consumed as indicated by the tank probes
equaled the totalizer fuel consumed which is calculated from fuel flow
equaled the actual fuel required to full the tank at the pump. However I
wonder if fuel flow reading vary more than I suspected when I asked this
question a few days ago. I consistently get 209-211 KIAS at 10.5k and 17.5
gph LOP (maybe 75 degrees LOP). You seem to burn an extra gph to
achieve similar performance. Hmmmm--could a stationwagon be more
aerodynamically efficient than a sports car?? Inquiring minds and all
that...