Peter Cowan/Lexi Cameron wrote:

 If your friend is telling you

his engine is generating 200 HP and burns 10 gallons an hour
don't believe it. It is generating about 133 HP.

I don't see that there is necessarily an error in the above type of HP and
fuel usage statement. When someone says they burn x gal/hr they usually mean
over a typical flight time period: chock to chock. Surely no one gives the
full throttle fuel burn.
Peter.

That is very true. I guess what I meant to say was; he was using 200 HP and his
fuel burn was 10 gallons an hour.

Paul Lamar
 
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