Thanks Oscar....I reversed William's numbers. Mark Jones
-----Original Message----- From: Oscar Zuniga [mailto:taildr...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:42 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR>aluminum wing tanks Mark Jones wrote- >Now, let's say we burn 6.5 gallons (39.65 lbs) per hour, that would give us >3.5 hours >of fuel. Now, let's say we cruise at 180mph, that gives us a range of 630 >miles. William's website gives the fuel consumption as 5.6 gal./hr. at 75% power for the 164 cubic inch Corvair. Using those numbers, you would have a tad over 4 hrs. endurance and a range of 720 miles. But to be realistic, using VFR reserves and allowing for unusable fuel, (not to mention personal endurance limits) you could say you could preflight a solid 3.5 hr. typical flight leg time and around 650 SM no-wind range and nobody would argue. But everyone knows that only the KR in the Rand-Robinson promo literature cruises 180MPH anyway ;o) Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
