BeefBear
30-08-2005, 07:51 PM
After having attended a CASA seminar at the local Aero Club re: Fuel Management, it struck me that most of our guys fly around( according to the stories I hear from them) without any real fuel management strategy. Should there be a stronger emphasis on fuel management rather than useing the "oh we can autorotate if we run out of fuel"?
It was interestig to note that in fixed wing aircaft, there has been an increasing trend of fuel starvation and exhaustion since CASA no longer required a fixed reserve to be carried. And before you ask me, starvation is when you run out of fuel but not out of usable fuel while Exhaustion is run of of all usable fuel.
The stats showed that Ag Aircraft had the highest incidence of starvation and exhaustion, and one can understand why. Flying at between 110 and 150 knots at very low altitude, there's not must room for error. Since Gyro's also tend to fly at the lower end of the altitude scale compared to normal fixed wing should we have greater training and fuel management skills?
Ted
It was interestig to note that in fixed wing aircaft, there has been an increasing trend of fuel starvation and exhaustion since CASA no longer required a fixed reserve to be carried. And before you ask me, starvation is when you run out of fuel but not out of usable fuel while Exhaustion is run of of all usable fuel.
The stats showed that Ag Aircraft had the highest incidence of starvation and exhaustion, and one can understand why. Flying at between 110 and 150 knots at very low altitude, there's not must room for error. Since Gyro's also tend to fly at the lower end of the altitude scale compared to normal fixed wing should we have greater training and fuel management skills?
Ted