Fuel consumption - Trikes

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Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby Barn owl » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:52 pm

I am still at the pre-training stage of my trike "career" and trying to obtain as much information as possible. Answers to the following questions would be appreciated:

I understand that fuel consumption would vary with model, engine, flying style, altitude and of course weight. But what are the maximum and minimum fuel consumption that one could expect in various situations?

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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby Biggles » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:16 am

I have a Rotax 503 DCDI, Aerotrike spirit15 wing, aeros prop, at the coast and tend to fly with the wing in abit. I get a surprisingly consistant 13l/h consumption.
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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby Bushpig » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:50 am

I fly an Aquilla II with a 503 and an NC prop and tend to get 12-15 l/h. Interestingly I used to fly with a Kiev prop and got a slightly better fuel consumption for some reason.
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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby nicow » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:56 am

I fly a Safari with a 582 and a 6 blade Ivo prop.I use about 17 lt / hour.
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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby Sad-Ham » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:41 am

I fly an Aquilla II with a 582 and a NC Proc and average around 15 l/h
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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby DieselFan » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:54 am

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My old 582 used to get around 9 one up and 12 two up
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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby Big-D » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:43 am

Hey Diesel - Nice to see you back on forim, we miss you (^^)

I fly a Mainair Blade 912 Extra (Pimp my ride) with Warp drive prop

Fuel burn around 8 liters per hour 1-up

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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby JCH » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:13 pm

Hi Barn Owl,

I fly an Aquilla 582 with a Jenya Topless wing 15sq m
11-12lph one up and 13-14lph two up
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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby nickjaxe » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:43 pm

Mainair F2a single carb 503 11lph solo 15 duel.

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Re: Fuel consumption - Trikes

Postby ZULU1 » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:00 pm

I fly a Aquilla 2 with HKS 700 e gives solo 6 litres per hour and dual about 8, four strokes rock. !
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