I was loafing along this afternoon, just doing a maintenance check flight after an oil change, and I pulled the power back until i was flying level at about 80 knots. The fuel flow dropped to about 2.0 gph, and since I had nearly full tanks, the "remaining duration" value on the EFIS was showing about 14 hours! Hmmmm....I got to wondering - has anybody ever gone up to see just how long that could keep an RV airborne on one tank of fuel? I'm not sure what you'd do with yourself for all that time droning along!
Think about it, you could fly off a 40 hour Phase 1 in 3 tanks of gas! (Note - This statement is for "Wow" factor only - I am of the firm belief that Phase 1 is to be used for testing purposes, and not just putting hours on the airframe......)
I've never thought about fooling around with a very long, slow flight before - interestign idea though! So what the longest duration flight you've made? Anyone stayed up ten hours!?
Paul
Think about it, you could fly off a 40 hour Phase 1 in 3 tanks of gas! (Note - This statement is for "Wow" factor only - I am of the firm belief that Phase 1 is to be used for testing purposes, and not just putting hours on the airframe......)
I've never thought about fooling around with a very long, slow flight before - interestign idea though! So what the longest duration flight you've made? Anyone stayed up ten hours!?
Paul