X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net ([68.230.241.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.7) with ESMTP id 3121185 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:00:20 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.41; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080909145943.BGQS774.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:59:43 -0400 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.137.74]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id Cezi1a00D1cVYgg04ezi5A; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:59:42 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: 20B Update from Mark? Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 07:59:54 -0800 Message-ID: <24A8AED86374421AB594808F20B5B02F@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01C91252.0B3C01B0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C91252.0B3C01B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Currently the fuel burn is registering high, resulting in a fuel = remaining reading lower than what I actually have in the tanks. I hadn't made the connection between that and the GPH reading, but now I see that they are inter-related. I usually don't fill the tanks to the brim as I can = carry 96 gallons total but I only fly about 100-150 miles round trip. Why carry = all that extra weight. Mark; I rarely fill my tanks either. I have a calibrated dip stick I use to measure the fuel at one point; then keep track of how much I add over a series of flights; then measure again. Then compare actual measured = with EM2 readout, and adjust the FFCAL as discussed in the manual. I have = found that difference between EM2 totalizer and measured is different for a = 4-5 hr flight than for a series of shorter flights, which I guess isn't too surprising, but it gets you close until you make those long flights. 96 gallons - wow, that should give you quite a range. Al =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C91252.0B3C01B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Currently the fuel burn is registering high, = resulting in a fuel remaining reading lower than what I actually have in the = tanks.  I hadn't made the connection between that and the GPH reading, but now I = see that they are inter-related.  I usually don't fill the tanks to the = brim as I can carry 96 gallons total but I only fly about 100-150 miles round trip.  Why carry all that extra weight.

Mark;

I rarely fill my tanks either.  I = have a calibrated dip stick I use to measure the fuel at one point; then keep = track of how much I add over a series of flights; then measure again.  Then = compare actual measured with EM2 readout, and adjust the FFCAL as discussed in = the manual. I have found that difference between EM2 totalizer and measured = is different for a 4-5 hr flight than for a series of shorter flights, which I guess = isn’t too surprising, but it gets you close until you make those long = flights.

96 gallons – wow, that should give = you quite a range.

Al

 

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