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Old 3rd Apr 2002, 07:24
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bertiethebadger
 
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A Tacho hour can be as long or as short as you make it. In brief, it is a measurement of the engines work rate.

If you fly economically, 1 Tacho hour cah be upto 1.4 chock-chock hours (in a Warrior). It's usually worth slowing down 10kts & saving .1 or .2 per hour.

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