Fuel consumption

[MasterBates]

60B burned in the neighborhood of 1000 PPH. Actual burn varied with how new the engines were, and how hard you flogged it.

Since I was one of those that went zorching (in relative terms) everywhere at 106% I have seen up to about 1200 PPH, but that was with .91 and .90 motors. Seen as low as 800 flying newer motors at Max Conserve for most of the bag... I think the APU burns about 70 pph, but I have brain dumped..

 

[Brett327]

60B burned in the neighborhood of 1000 PPH. Actual burn varied with how new the engines were, and how hard you flogged it.

Since I was one of those that went zorching (in relative terms) everywhere at 106% I have seen up to about 1200 PPH, but that was with .91 and .90 motors. Seen as low as 800 flying newer motors at Max Conserve for most of the bag... I think the APU burns about 70 pph, but I have brain dumped..

Prowler burns ~6000/hour while cruising at altitude, 16-20K/hour @ MRT.

Brett

 

[MasterBates]

Funny thing with the helos is that there is not such a drastic difference in fuel burn between max conserve and max blast. There is a difference, but its on the order of 20-30% vice 300% in the Prowler..

Helos also peak on efficiency at a lower altitude.. Best range altitude (no wind) was I think in the area of 4-5K. The rotors started losing efficiency faster than the motors gained it if you went higher.

 

[PropStop]

Prowler burns ~6000/hour while cruising at altitude, 16-20K/hour @ MRT.

Brett

man, those planes suck the gas! and i thought we put a dent in the dead dinosaur supply. We fuel plan, very roughly and conservatively at 5K/hr. Wonder how much an F-14 blew through in zone 5.

I'm not going to feel so bad about all the gas i burn on our flights. not that i really felt that bad before...

 

[Squid]

the numbers for fuel flow in the hornet doesn't even begin to take into consideration fuel fed to the blower. somewhere along the lines of 60% more thrust at 300% the fuel burn... suffice to say it's a lot.

math and facts from sphincter to follow.

in a B/D, 12k# of gas with a centerline, and you'd safely be out of gas in 20 minutes of raging around in burner... 36k pph in blower

so 600# per minute, or close to 100 gallons. 50 per motor... a gallon roughly each second, per motor...

 

[MasterBates]

Wow... The 60B can barely DUMP fuel faster than you can burn it..(836 up to 1000 PPM) Somehow I think raging around in blower is much more satisfying that seeing the spray in the right mirror...

 

[scoober78]

I'm not going to feel so bad about all the gas i burn on our flights. not that i really felt that bad before...

They may burn 3 times as fast...but you fly three times as long. Who's getting the better deal here...

 

[MasterBates]

IMHO.. The prower guys (vs P3s)...

 

[PropStop]

They may burn 3 times as fast...but you fly three times as long. Who's getting the better deal here...

but how much of that three times as long am I actually awake for?

Besides, it takes a long time to get from Grand Hyatt to Grand Hyatt.

 

[scoober78]

but how much of that three times as long am I actually awake for?

Besides, it takes a long time to get from Grand Hyatt to Grand Hyatt.

Well said...hey, I'm just going to Rynol and back...

 

[e6bflyer]

E-6 at endurance, about 2200lbs/engine/hour, so, about 8800 lbs/hour at endurance. At TRT, somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000 lbs/engine/hour or 24000 lbs/hour. We can take off with 150000 lbs of gas.
All that and you can take a dump, eat a meal, play a game of cards, and take a nap all in the same flight.

 

[PropStop]

Well said...hey, I'm just going to Rynol and back...

I tell you, i can't go to war without room service and turn down service.

 

[MasterBates]

Don't forget SINTO.. I got sent there to hold Monday..

Oh, and ROKKI.. Non depicted holding for 40 minutes..

 

[PropStop]

Don't forget SINTO.. I got sent there to hold Monday..

Oh, and ROKKI.. Non depicted holding for 40 minutes..

HOLDING?! WTF is that?

Last time i was put in holding was my last IX. And i phucked it away Oh yeah, and that point to point, lets not go there....

 

[MasterBates]

I never held in the real world, except for IX's... and holding at the boat.

Here, I have had to do it 3 times in the last week because ATC is over-freaking-whelmed. If the airspace in Corpus and Pcola are not good arguments for having MORE training bases that are no 20 miles from 2 more, I I don't know what is.