[quote=Dan You want to be a little careful with that premise Bill...I've seen Birdie burn 10 GPH...one time when I helped Doug take the Cherokee up into WA to B.A.S. for the inertial reel seatbelt installation. It surprised the heck outta me, so I leaned more on the follow-up trip a few weeks later but had a similar fuel burn. This was running at 2700 RPM. [/quote]
Thanks Dan!!
I had this happen once with 72G. Flew my Mom from North Bend to Independence once. We had 2.25 hours in flight time. The tanks took nearly 21 gallons!! Yikes!!!!
(New fuel caps apparently took care of that problem however.)
Anyways. This is one of the reasons that we plan on two hour pit stops. Plus, we have been using around 65% power. That matches a 152's flight characteristics really close. (At least BW's 152!) And we are content with that. To help acheive this we also tend to head for 7'000' or higher. Leaned out at 8,000' at 2600 RPM = 7GPH. Mr. Ed seems to really like those higher altitudes when it comes to sipping the fuel..........
