Mike I was Treasurer for a club for a couple of years. The Tugmaster estimated the amount of fuel per launch, however I wrote out the cheques for what we actually paid and this was significantly more than his estimates.
If you get your estimates of fuel used incorrect by a large amount this has a significant effect on your club's viabilty and launch charging structure. The tuggies do an excellent job on being efficient and striving to use less fuel: -minimise unecessary idling time -minimise launch times by working lift and sink -keeping the tugs well maintained -shopping around for the best deals on fuel -etc -etc The difficulty is that towplanes carry out a demanding task and this uses lots of fuel. Cheers Michael Derry On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:14:42 +1000 Mike Borgelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:12 PM 19/03/2007, you wrote: > >Mike > > > >If you want an accurate answer you will really have to specify how > >people calculate it and who gives you the info. > > Ballpark estimate will do. I figure 8 tows a clock hour to 2000 > feet, maybe you could get 10 if the ground op was really good and > what do Pawnee pilots work on in liters/hour while towing? > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > Int'l + 61 429 355784 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
