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Old 7th Feb 2004, 22:55
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Fuel consumption obviously depends on power setting but since you're turning chemical energy in the Avgas into useful work, you'd expect the energy you get out of a gallon to be predictable.

I'd estimate that you can get 14 horsepower hours per US gallon from a properly leaned engine. So for example a 200 hp IO-360 running at 70% power should cost you 10 USG/hr.
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