Originally Posted by thing
If you take off with full tanks every time then miscalculating the fuel is going to be difficult. Before I get howled down I'm not talking about professional flyers but the average club guy like me.
One of a number of problems with that simplistic attitude, thing, is that you're now so heavy you won't make it off the short grass strip you're departing from...
There's generally (but not always!) a reason why training courses have the syllabi they do.