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Old 18th May 2008, 07:22 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default What would you buy with a 50k budget?

B A R R Y wrote:

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> That's not how I read it at all. He said "efficiency".


Exactly.


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> Lots of folks only look at GPH, and don't give airspeed or the typical
> load, proper attention.
>
> There are airplanes that are a lot faster for just a tad more fuel,
> especially with a light load. In reality, more efficient.


To compare apples to apples you have to do MPG. I had a 67 182, at top
of the green, 23"/2450, it would indicate about 135 MPH in the summer
and about 140 in the winter at 4500 feet(11 mpg). That's burning about
12 to 12.5. In the Bo I indicate 145-150 MPH at 8.5 GPH at my 45%
setting of 19"/2100(17.5 mpg). At 75% like the 182 the mpg drops to 13
but your going 55 mph faster.
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