My wife and I in our RV8 and a couple with an RV 6A just completed a "round robin" trip to Johnson Creek, Idaho from 49FD in Florida. I wanted to share my statistics to see how we compared to others.
We flew 4,839.9 miles and burned 241.95 gallons of gas. Average fuel price for the trip was $5.66 per gallon. We flew 30.6 hours which yielded 7.9 gallons per hour. Our average speed for the trip including run-ups, taxi and climbs was 158.16 miles per hour. The airplane averaged 20.0036 miles per gallon. It has an Americas Aircraft Engines Titan IO360 engine with a Hartzell constant speed propeller. I was sort of surprised that it did so well. I don't think that we could have driven a full size SUV out there and back that cheaply plus we would not have been able to enjoy America from 9500 feet. It was a very nice trip and Johnson Creek is worth the effort.
We flew 4,839.9 miles and burned 241.95 gallons of gas. Average fuel price for the trip was $5.66 per gallon. We flew 30.6 hours which yielded 7.9 gallons per hour. Our average speed for the trip including run-ups, taxi and climbs was 158.16 miles per hour. The airplane averaged 20.0036 miles per gallon. It has an Americas Aircraft Engines Titan IO360 engine with a Hartzell constant speed propeller. I was sort of surprised that it did so well. I don't think that we could have driven a full size SUV out there and back that cheaply plus we would not have been able to enjoy America from 9500 feet. It was a very nice trip and Johnson Creek is worth the effort.