Originally Posted by
AdamFrisch
Economical? You must be feeling flush. There's a reason they're giving them away, because they'll burn 120gals of Jet A1 per hour, all of them, minimum.
You mean 120 US Gal/hr while taxing for takeoff. When you push the power lever up fuel flow will go to at least 300 gal/ hr.
I got type rated in the L29 and we averaged 700 liters per 40 min sorti. I tell every one that the easiest way to think about it is that the engine drinks a half glass of Guinness worth of jet fuel
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