Originally Posted by DirectAnywhere
Rat, the holding fuel flow rate at 1500' may often be higher than the cruise fuel flow rate.
Can you please elaborate on this? Are you saying that your fuel flow rate at max endurance IAS, 1500' is greater than at max range IAS? Is this a density altitude effect? i.e. you're assuming cruising at FL300+? Can you explain why this is? This seems to imply that if you throttle back, you go faster, which I'm sure is not actually the case.
For what types would this be the case?
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