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Pilot hopes to beat world record:
A 57-year-old pilot has set off on a round-the-world flight in a single-engine "homebuilt" aircraft. Manuel Queiroz of Pirton in Worcestershire aims to circumnavigate the globe in less than 24 days. He left Gloucestershire Airport for Malta on Tuesday morning, on the first leg of his 24,000-mile journey. Mr Queiroz hopes to break the world record and raise money for Cancer Research UK at the same time.
The motor engineer, who recovered from colon cancer five years ago, stripped and reconstructed a Canadian-built Vans RV-6 to take him around the world. "I bought the plane complete, then totally rebuilt it and modified it for this type of flight. "The most obvious thing is the vast amount of fuel. It takes over three times as much fuel than it normally does, so it goes nearly four times as far as it used to go." He is hoping to beat the record currently held by Swiss Air captain Hans Georg Schmid, who flew from Zurich to Zurich in 27 days...
www.chasingthemorningsun.com
All very interesting, but the comment "It takes over three times as much fuel than it normally does, so it goes nearly four times as far as it used to go." I find a little puzzling. I would have thought carrying the weight of the extra fuel would require more fuel, so three times the fuel would say give only two and a half times the extra distance, not nearly four. I think I need another beer to fuel the grey matter. Thoughts on a postcard please.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZattlebone...
Pilot hopes to beat world record:
A 57-year-old pilot has set off on a round-the-world flight in a single-engine "homebuilt" aircraft. Manuel Queiroz of Pirton in Worcestershire aims to circumnavigate the globe in less than 24 days. He left Gloucestershire Airport for Malta on Tuesday morning, on the first leg of his 24,000-mile journey. Mr Queiroz hopes to break the world record and raise money for Cancer Research UK at the same time.
The motor engineer, who recovered from colon cancer five years ago, stripped and reconstructed a Canadian-built Vans RV-6 to take him around the world. "I bought the plane complete, then totally rebuilt it and modified it for this type of flight. "The most obvious thing is the vast amount of fuel. It takes over three times as much fuel than it normally does, so it goes nearly four times as far as it used to go." He is hoping to beat the record currently held by Swiss Air captain Hans Georg Schmid, who flew from Zurich to Zurich in 27 days...
www.chasingthemorningsun.com
All very interesting, but the comment "It takes over three times as much fuel than it normally does, so it goes nearly four times as far as it used to go." I find a little puzzling. I would have thought carrying the weight of the extra fuel would require more fuel, so three times the fuel would say give only two and a half times the extra distance, not nearly four. I think I need another beer to fuel the grey matter. Thoughts on a postcard please.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZattlebone...
zattlebone said:I'm no expert, but I understand that a plane is much more efficient at altitude. Presumably the take-off and landing burn up considerably more fuel than cruising? Every extra drop of fuel can be used for cruising. Does that make sense? It does in my head at least :P
All very interesting, but the comment "It takes over three times as much fuel than it normally does, so it goes nearly four times as far as it used to go." I find a little puzzling. I would have thought carrying the weight of the extra fuel would require more fuel, so three times the fuel would say give only two and a half times the extra distance, not nearly four. I think I need another beer to fuel the grey matter. Thoughts on a postcard please.
Gruffy
Gruffy said:Mmmm you could be on to something there, but I would have thought landing would pretty much use no fuel at all. Afterall the shuttle lands quite well (albeit very fast) without any.
...a plane is much more efficient at altitude. Presumably the take-off and landing burn up considerably more fuel than cruising?...
>> Edited by zattlebone on Friday 3rd March 07:54
But if it's cruising the whole time it doesn't take as much energy to cruise at steady speed, landing and taking off will use up a lot more, mainly because landing will require a bit of circling and maybe holding the pattern, it's rare to just go straight down and land, plus they have to keep reserve fuel. Think of a motorway journey, a car is more economical when it cruises on the motorway compared to stop start traffic.
Head winds and tail winds will effect it though, plus other tricks like leaning out the mixture, hopefully none of the shenanigans of old time record flights which had co pilots out on the wing during flight fixing problems with engines
Head winds and tail winds will effect it though, plus other tricks like leaning out the mixture, hopefully none of the shenanigans of old time record flights which had co pilots out on the wing during flight fixing problems with engines
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