Very interesting flying you do there VF!

Thanks for sharing. :ok:

Thank You Heli-Ice, it sure is :ok: it sure is :cool: I Love it :D

'Phakding' 9,263' @ 18oC, Sulo, AS350B, Nepal

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coming back down from a rescue at 16,457' @ -3oC, Sulo area, 9% fuel left, still gotta loose 3,500' & get to VNLK 6 miles away, AS350B, Nepal
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How much fuel did you have on the gauge when you landed?

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.....:D

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.:ok:

VF :)

'Ghorakhori' rescue flight, 4 x pax, 5,876' @ 27oC, Okhaldungha district, B206BIII, Nepal
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Langtang village rescue flight, 3 x pax, 4 x backpacks, 11,770' @ 15oC, B206BIII, Nepal
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'Kukurgar' 9,051' @ 27oC, Nepalhttp://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1010409.jpghttp://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1010408.jpghttp://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1010396.jpg

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.

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. :eek:

Do everything into wind.;)...................except piss :*

Cheers

VF

Chaurikharka school quadrangle up to 800kg internal loads 10,843' @ 14oC AS350B3+ Khumbhu region, Nepal
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Khala Phatar salt lake 18,290' @ 9oC 3 x pax, AS350B3+ Nepal
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office perks, bonus free extra O2 when Your just not gettin' enough, about 20,000' Nepal
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yep its the 'Top of the World' another day in the office, AS350B3+ 20,000 @ -6oC, Nepal
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glacier ice flow off Sagarmatha (Everest) looking to Tibet/China, 22,000' AS350B3+ Nepal
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glacial flows around Sagarmatha - 22,000' AS350B3+ Nepal
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Top of the World
 

Sagarmathar, the Mother of all God's - Everest, 29,215', Nepalhttp://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1020042.jpg

Sagarmathar, the Mother of all God's - Mount. Everest, 29,215', Nepal
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this is the Top of the World the closest Man can fly to God, Nepal
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