Actual aircraft issue during training flight
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Re: Actual aircraft issue during training flight
Well, just as an update, we filled the tanks Friday both times when we went up just for the added weight, winds were 8-10 gusts to 12, all we worked on was Cross wind landings. Managed to land it 1 out if five times without assistance, but it hit pretty hard and bounced. On an upside, I have got an hour worth of setup to landing and traffic patterns under less than favorable conditions under my belt, which helped my confidence.
Ed
Re: Actual aircraft issue during training flight
That might be part of the difference right there as well. If I had an airplane with, say, 15 gallons of fuel and ~5gph fuel consumption, I might very well have a "full fuel all the time" policy. The weight penalty would be smaller, and the margins as a percentage of available fuel tank size would be correspondingly smaller. That would make it easier to run into fuel trouble in flight on partial fuel.eyeflygps wrote:Of course not. But, I can't think of a time I didn't top the tanks except when flying with two people in the SkyCatcher or making a return flight when I had only used 1/4 to get there and 1/4 to get home. However, I have never flown an airplane that has 6 hours fuel capacity, etc. When I owned airplanes or was involved in a partnership, we always topped the tanks upon landing. I have never had a reason to depart with less than full fuel except in the SkyCatcher when I never departed with less than 18 gallons (3/4) when there were 2 people on board. This is how I do it. Others might do it differently for one reason or another.FastEddieB wrote:But "maximum fuel all the time" is not the only rational choice.
As it stands, my CT can hold about seven hours worth of fuel, and and I never carry that much fuel unless I'm on a long cross country flight, simply because of the inefficiencies of hauling an extra 50-100lb around that's not providing a benefit. So I guess I'd amend my response to include "depending on the airplane and its fuel capabilities".
Andy Walker
Athens, GA
Sport Pilot ASEL, LSRI
2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA
Athens, GA
Sport Pilot ASEL, LSRI
2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA