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Namaste Decredenza,
I landed with 6% on the gauge.
At around 4-6,500' amsl we are burning 10% every 20 minutes so 162 liters per hour.
But above 10,000' burn rate goes down too 20% per hour, so 6% was 32 litres, = 33 minutes of flight time left.....
20 minutes is legal here, But I don't like to land with less than 30 minutes in the tank. Needed the machine light to pull off the rescue as DA @ 16,500' was 18,377' pretty high for an ole' straight model AS350B.
Great machine, very smooth, stable, reliable & predictable. Always does better than the performance graphs.
VF
I landed with 6% on the gauge.
At around 4-6,500' amsl we are burning 10% every 20 minutes so 162 liters per hour.
But above 10,000' burn rate goes down too 20% per hour, so 6% was 32 litres, = 33 minutes of flight time left.....
20 minutes is legal here, But I don't like to land with less than 30 minutes in the tank. Needed the machine light to pull off the rescue as DA @ 16,500' was 18,377' pretty high for an ole' straight model AS350B.
Great machine, very smooth, stable, reliable & predictable. Always does better than the performance graphs.
VF
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'Ghorakhori' rescue flight, 4 x pax, 5,876' @ 27oC, Okhaldungha district, B206BIII, Nepal
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Vertical Freedom, check your math...
You say the Astar is burning 20% per hour above 10,000 MSL, I'll take your word for it, never having operated the aircraft that high.
But 6% isn't 33 minutes at that rate; it's 18 minutes. 9% at that rate is 27 minutes.
They say flying at high altitudes may impair math computations. Fly safely.
But 6% isn't 33 minutes at that rate; it's 18 minutes. 9% at that rate is 27 minutes.
They say flying at high altitudes may impair math computations. Fly safely.
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Namaste Arismount,
Thanks for pointing that out; yep that was a typo applying the wrong formula after a few beers uploading pix late one night after a long days flying. Well we use O2 above 10,000; but it sure is HIGH.
The ECUREUIL (she is not astar) AS350B around 10,000' is burning 20%ph but above 13,000' is down to 15% (80-85lts per hour). So around 24 minutes of flight time at MCP.
Do everything into wind.
...................except piss 
Cheers
VF
Thanks for pointing that out; yep that was a typo applying the wrong formula after a few beers uploading pix late one night after a long days flying. Well we use O2 above 10,000; but it sure is HIGH.
The ECUREUIL (she is not astar) AS350B around 10,000' is burning 20%ph but above 13,000' is down to 15% (80-85lts per hour). So around 24 minutes of flight time at MCP.
Do everything into wind.
...................except piss Cheers
VF
