Egads, Mike! Those numbers were so unbelievable I had to check them. I did calculate 15 flying hours for you (4.5 gph puttering around speed) instead of the 10 you computed for each $1,000. But otherwise, Egads!
Instead of making me feel good, that news puts the fear of the immediate future in my guts. What is your current price for automobile gas? For gas sipping, a microlight with a 4-stroke engine like the HKS-700 or (fighting a bad reputation for quality) a Hirth, might be able to fly for 2-2.5 gallons per hour 7.5-9.5 lph. Your C-85 isn't that bad in specific fuel consumption, I don't think. It's a close cousin to the engines they used to fly around the world non-stop un-refueled. But, puttering around nose high at 80 mph will burn a lot less fuel than drilling fast holes at 108 mph. I think you might get down to 3.5 gph under the right circumstances. Maybe even 3.0 gph. Good luck on this. Hope you can keep the wife. Ed _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Willis Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com; Mike Willis; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Syn. fuel for General Aviation Hey Wayne, I appreciate your sympathy. At my club we pay up front for GBP 500 of fuel rather than by uplift. So for around $1,000 I now get 10 hours flying. My concern is how long before my wife finds out! If she ever checks my log books I'm done for. Maybe hang gliders are becoming a more attractive way of flying. BR, Mike On 14/6/08 21:50, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just to make you guys on the west side of the Atlantic feel good, I am told the next batch of Avgas I buy will be GBP 2 per litre, which is $14.70 a US gallon. Don't worry Mike. We're right behind you. At the current rate of price increases we should be at $15 a gallon in a year or so. Just another benefit of the "Global Economy". Wayne
