> I need some additional help with your logic for using clock time for your
GPH calculation.

 

I guess it depends on what you're trying to figure out.  If you want to know
how many gallons per hour the engine burns in cruise, you have to use real
hours.  If you're trying to come up with a rough estimate of how much fuel
you've consumed from engine start till now, I guess tach time would be a
better measure.  I'm not sure how you would do flight planning if you were
using tach time to calculate fuel burn, though, because it doesn't take
headwinds and such into consideration.

 

BTW, I think I said that C85 tachs are calibrated to read hours 1 for 1 at
2500 RPM. I should have said 2300 RPM.

 

John Cooper

Skyport Services

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