Merlinspop
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Was thinking about power settings, leaning, etc in the Arrow I rent. Looking at the fuel savings of flying at 55% or 65% vs 75% then also saw the loss of airspeed and realized that, as a wet-rate hourly renter, there’s a real disincentive to fly economically. I’d still lean to keep CHTs reasonable, but even then if other people (collectively far more hours on the meter than I’m putting on it) abuse it, the chances of it gernading on me isn’t reduced all that much.
Maybe if I’m planning a flight at the extreme of the 75% power range I would save the time of a fuel stop by flying 65%, but that’d be a rare occurrence at $170/hr.
Renting “dry” has some incentive to throttle back, but that means additional overall time, eating into the fuel savings.
I guess what all the above really amounts to is additional justification to go plane shopping.
Maybe if I’m planning a flight at the extreme of the 75% power range I would save the time of a fuel stop by flying 65%, but that’d be a rare occurrence at $170/hr.
Renting “dry” has some incentive to throttle back, but that means additional overall time, eating into the fuel savings.
I guess what all the above really amounts to is additional justification to go plane shopping.
