19, 2007 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Liquid weights
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For flight planning purposes, avgas weighs 6 pounds per gallon and engine
oil
weighs 7.5 pounds. Or so said the FAA when I went to ground school. Of
course, standard passenger weight was 170 pounds in those days and just
recently
that n
> < closer to 6, maybe a bit more. A big bucket swinging around on a wet
> oily wing seems to weigh a TON!>>
>
For flight planning purposes, avgas weighs 6 pounds per gallon and engine oil
weighs 7.5 pounds. Or so said the FAA when I went to ground school. Of
course, standard passenger weight w
