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Old 11-11-2011, 10:55 AM
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Default Max Endurance Fuel Burn?

I understand from the RV-12 POH that the max glide ratio speed is 85 kts. I assume that this is also the max endurance speed. For those who have tested it, what have you found the fuel burn rate 85 kts to be?
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:31 PM
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Talking 85kt fuel burn

Probably around 3.8 to 4 GPH. Why do you ask?
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:49 PM
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I think he was looking for max endurance speed. I wish there were a table that showed this. Is it better to loaf along at 4gph at 85 mph (21.25 mpg), or to open it up a bit and go for 5gph at 100 (20 mpg) for instance. Easy to do the math for those two, but what about the rest of the range.
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Old 11-11-2011, 01:13 PM
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Is it better to loaf along at 4gph at 85 mph
85 kts = 98 mph .... So that would be 4gph at 98 mph...
But the most efficient way to spend money is at the Carson's speed which is ~1.32*L/Dmax. (L/Dmax~= Vy)
Above the Compton speed fuel burn increases significantly with a disproportional small increase in speed.
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Old 11-11-2011, 01:47 PM
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I confused the knots with mph, my error. Never heard of the "compton" stuff, will have to investigate that.
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Old 11-11-2011, 02:44 PM
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Max endurance should be at best glide or max L/D. That's where total drag is the least. Faster and parisite drag kills effeciency. Slower, and induced (AOA) drag kills it.
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Old 11-11-2011, 03:25 PM
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OK, that is helpful. With that knowledge then, if we cruise at 98 mph we should get the best fuel mileage then?
So when I add wheel pants, intersection fairings and every speed mod I can find, will that INCREASE that most miserly speed since there is less drag? By how much?
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Old 11-11-2011, 03:28 PM
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Default Max Endurance Fuel Burn

Max endurance, i.e. max time in air for given fuel quantity, is surely the speed obtained when flying at minimum fuel flow.
So providing T's & P's keep in limits, simply fly at lowest RPM in green RPM arc that allows level flight.
You will use the least fuel per hour and so stay airbourne for the most hours.
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Old 11-11-2011, 04:01 PM
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I think perhaps I asked the question the wrong way. One source says that Max Endurance Speed (how to stay in the air the longest) is Best Glide Speed/1.316 (65 knots in this case)

It also defines V optimum cruise as the lowest fuel consumption per knot. that is (Vbg) best glide speed * 1.316, 112 kts in the case of the RV-12. That is referred to as Carson's Speed in the source I am reading.

What I was really looking for is the Maximum Range (Vbr) fuel consumption. According to the specs on Van's web site the Max Range is 614 miles.

They use 5000 RPM for the Max Range. My suspicion is that you would be traveling faster than 85 kts (98 mph) at 5000 RPM. If 5000 RPM does produce 98 mph and the fuel capacity (usable) is 19.8 gal then the fuel consumption is about 3.2 gal/hr., which is about 31 miles per gallon. (If it is true, that would be very good.)

Since 85 kts. appears to be the best L/D ratio, it would likely also be the most efficient cruise speed. I was just curious if anyone had verified the fuel consumption at 85 kts. in flight.

I am considering an RV-12 and trying to understand it better. Sorry for the engineer talk. :-)
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Old 11-11-2011, 06:21 PM
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Wind is a factor too. In a head wind, going faster is better because the wind will not be pushing the plane backwards for as long. In a tail wind, going slower will increase the time that the wind has to push the plane forward. In my case, there is almost always a head wind.
None of the above theory matters because my tank does not last as long as the aircraft tank, if you know what I mean.
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