Range & Endurance
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Range & Endurance - Fuel Efficient Flying in Light Aircraft was written for pilots flying light-single or twin piston-engine aircraft at the Student, Private or Commercial Pilot levels. Using the fuel carried on the aircraft in an efficient manner will not only save money but also increase the aircraft's range (distance flown) or endurance (time remaining airborne). This book, Range & Endurance, discusses various factors in the efficient use of the fuel available, describes fuel technology, light aircraft fuel systems, refuelling procedures, pre-flight planning in regards to fuel use and in-flight use of fuel to increase the aircraft's range or endurance. The book ends with a final chapter containing fuel calculation formulas for use on the pilot's E6-B Air Navigation Computer. Flying for range or endurance is an important part of a pilot's airmanship duties; this book Range & Endurance - Fuel Efficient Flying in Light Aircraft offers a good insight to achieve this on every flight.

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Date de parution 13 janvier 2015
Nombre de lectures 0
EAN13 9781785380822
Langue English
Poids de l'ouvrage 2 Mo

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ïnroducîon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .îîî
Caper 1: Fue Tecnoogy . . . . . . . Caper 2: Aîrcrat Fue Sysems . . . . Caper 3: Fue Managemen . . . . . . Caper 4: Leanîng Tecnîques . . . . . Caper 5: Carbureor ïcîng . . . . . . Caper 6: Fîg Pan Fue . . . . . . . Caper 7: Aîrcrat Perormance . . . .
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Fue Cacuaîon Formuas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Gossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Bîbîograpy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Range & Endurance
Frank Hichens
Fîrs pubîsed în 2007 by Aîrîe Pubîsîng, an împrîn o he Crowood Press Ld Ramsbury, Marboroug Wîsîre SN8 2HR www.crowood.com
2015 dîgîa versîon by Andrews UK Lîmîed www.andrewsuk.com
© 2007, 2015 Frank Hîcens
A rîgs reserved. No par o îs pubîcaîon may be reproduced or ransmîed în any orm or by any means, eecronîc or mecanîca, încudîng poocopy, recordîng, or any înormaîon sorage and rerîeva sysem, wîou permîssîon în wrîîng rom e pubîsers.
Edîed and desîgned by ïan Penbery
Inroducion
On 14 December 1986, Dîck Ruan and Jeanne Yeager et Edwards Aîr Force base, în Caîornîa, în eîr purpose-buî aîrcrat, Voyager, on e Irs around-e-word, non-sop, unreueed lîg. hey covered a oa dîsance o 25,012 saue mîes în 216 ours, 3 mînues and 44 seconds – ruy a lîg o grea range and endurance. heîr names and acîevemen wî sand orever în e annas o avîaîon îsory, aongsîde ose o Jon Acock and Arur Brown, Cares Lîndberg, Wîey Pos and many oers. For e average îg aîrcrat pîo, lîgs o up o 350 nauîca mîes or abou ree ours duraîon are more e norm. Nevereess, lyîng or range and endurance îs no ess împoran. ïn ese days o ever rîsîng ue prîces, geîng e bes range per gaon requîres lyîng e aîrcrat as eicîeny as possîbe wî regard o wînd veocîy, aîude, power seîngs, aîrcrat weîg and coîce o roue. Fue managemen beore and durîng lîg, and makîng precîse cacuaîons o ue consumpîon are jus as împoran. To îs end, a compee knowedge o e aîrcrat’s ue sysem and correc eanîng scedue îs essenîa o acîeve sae, ue-eicîen lîg. Mîsmanagemen o any par o e ue sysem can, and does, ead o unnecessary emergencîes. Every year, aîrcrat are anded sor o eîr desînaîons due o ue mîsmanagemen probems. Some experîence în-lîg engîne aîures durîng e cruîse, eadîng o orced andîngs. ïn suc sîuaîons, many pîos acîeve sae andîngs, wîe oers damage e aîrcrat and cause înjury, or even dea, o e aîrcrat’s occupans. Subsequeny, some o ese aîrcrat are dîscovered o be compeey ou o ue, wîe oers sî ave suicîen ue în anoer ank a woud ave aowed a sae conînuaîon o e desînaîon. Any sma error or omîssîon wen andîng e ue sysem can resu în an engîne aîure, wîc, î no correced quîcky, can resu în a orced andîng. hîs can appen o any o us, a any îme. ïn e USA, saîsîcs
îndîcae a 9–12 per cen o a accîdens are reaed o ue mîsmanagemen probems. Over a o ese accîdens are caused by ue exausîon due o auy lîg pannîng and/or andîng o e ue sysem. hîs means a ue mîsmanagemen accîdens are on a par wî ose caused by sas, durîng ake-of, cîmb and descen, and by mecanîca probems. ï ony akes a sma amoun o common sense o avoîd a ue probem. My ope îs a îs book wî make you aware o e pîas and ep preven you rom becomîng a saîsîc due o ue mîsmanagemen. ï speak rom experîence, as ï ave been responsîbe or a ue mîsmanagemen probem wîe lyîng a sînge-engîne aîrcrat. ï occurred a an aîrpor wî an over-waer approac pa. My eow pîo, wo was lyîng e approac, was no oo amîîar wî e ype o aîrcrat or wî e aîrpor were we were abou o and. ï suggesed a e sow down o approac speed o aow a deparîng aîrcrat îme o ge aîrborne. he engîne rpm reduced as e roed back, and en e announced a we were osîng power. here was no response rom e engîne as e pused e roe uy orward. My Irs rea engîne aîure! We were sî over waer a 1,000t wî abou wo mîes o run o reac e aîrpor; no cance o a ‘dead sîck’ andîng ere. Ha-way roug e engîne aîure ceck-îs, o our surprîse, e engîne suddeny burs back îno îe a u power, e roe beîng sî uy orward. We conînued on o make a norma andîng on e runway. Fue mîsmanagemen was e cause o e probem. ïnsead o appyîng carbureor ea beore reducîng power, e pîo ad pued e mîxure conro o ‘îde cu-of ’, sarvîng e engîne o ue! ï îs no ony pîos o îg aîrcrat wo experîence ue reaed probems; proessîona pîos are aso guîy o causîng em! he crew o one aîrîner înadvereny urned of e ue o bo engînes jus ater ake-of. Luckîy, ey dîscovered eîr error beore î was oo ae. An Aîr Canada Boeîng 767, on a lîg rom Monrea o Edmonon, anded sor o îs desînaîon on a sma aîrsrîp a Gîma, Manîoba. Fauy ue gauges and an error în converîng beween îres and US gaons by bo reueers and lîg crew
ad resued în ony a e requîred ue beîng oaded on board e aîrcrat beore lîg! Forunaey, e poweress andîng a Gîma resued în ony mînor aîrrame damage and no înjury o e occupans. ïn 1980, a Vîckers Vîscoun anded în a paddock în Devon oowîng ue sarvaîon, wîc resued în a ew înjurîes. Oer aîrîne crews ave experîenced sîmîar probems wî ess avourabe resus. Fyîng or range and endurance îs no sîmpy a maer o ‘goîng e dîsance’ or usîng e aîrcrat and ue eicîeny; î aso învoves e correc and common-sense andîng o e ue sysem. Mîsmanagîng e ue sysem, as e încîdens descrîbed prevîousy sow, can quîcky ermînae e lîg we sor o îs rue range and endurance. ï ave wrîen îs book maîny wî e prîvae pîo and new commercîa pîo în mînd, lyîng îg sînge- and wîn-engîned aîrcrat. Pîos wî greaer experîence may aso beneI rom readîng î, owever, usîng î as a rereser on range and endurance lyîng. ï sars wî a brîe ook a ue ecnoogy, oowed by a consîderaîon o dîferen ue eanîng procedures. Nex, aîrcrat ue sysems are covered, oowed by e pracîca aspecs and eory o ue managemen. hen comes e a-împoran aspec o pre-lîg pannîng, ater wîc range and endurance are dîscussed rom an aerodynamîc poîn o vîew. Fînay, î concudes wî a seecîon o ormuas or sovîng ue cacuaîon probems on e E6-B aîr navîgaîon compuer. As e pîo în command, you soud be amîîar wî, and use, e lîg manua or pîo’s operaîng andbook (POH) or e aîrcrat you ly. hîs poîn canno be overempasîzed, as e lîg manua îs e number-one pubîcaîon or your aîrcrat and îs sysems. Once you ave an undersandîng o e manua and e operaîon o your aîrcrat’s ue sysem, and ave read îs book, you soud be abe o conduc every lîg proessîonay wî regard o lyîng or range and endurance. An împoran aspec o good aîrmansîp îs beîng abe o conduc eac lîg o îs sae ermînaîon, usîng ue economîcay and arrîvîng wî suicîen
reserve în e anks. ï ope a îs book wî ep you o acîeve e objecîve o sae and ue eicîen lîg. ïn concusîon, ï woud îke o ank my good rîend Naan Bumore or îs assîsance în scannîng e dîagrams and poograps or îs book. Aso, ï woud îke o ank Weîngon Aero Cub însrucor Nîcoa Wa or e assîsance se gave me wen ï poograped e cub’s Pîper Tomaawk beîng reueed. heîr ep îs greay apprecîaed. A e poograps în îs book are rom e my own coecîon. Fy saey wî knowedge.
Frank Hîcens Weîngon, New Zeaand 2007
Chaper 1: Fuel Technology
One o e bîgges expenses o operaîng an aîrcrat, weer a îg sînge or a eavy je ranspor, îs e cos o ue. Runnîng an aîrcrat economîcay and geîng e mos range rom a gîven quanîy o ue requîres an exceen knowedge o e aîrcrat’s ue sysem, eanîng ecnîques and ue managemen, bo beore and în lîg. ï aso eps o ave a genera apprecîaîon o e ue’s îmîaîons and abîîîes. hereore, ï’ begîn îs sudy o lyîng or range and endurance wî a brîe ook a ue ecnoogy. Crude peroeum oî îs one o e word’s naura resources, avîng been ormed many mîîons o years ago rom decayîng pan and anîma maer. ï was evenuay dîscovered by geoogîss deep benea e ear’s surace în varîous pars o e word. he ocaîon o an oî Ied deermînes e crude oî’s cemîca composîîon, îs pysîca properîes and îs quaîy, wîc can vary rom pace o pace. he oî reInîng îndusry ad îs begînnîngs wen James Wîîams opened e word’s Irs oî reInery în Canada în 1857. ïn 1859, a Tîusvîe, Pennsyvanîa, E.. Drake drîed e Irs we specîIcay or e purpose o obaînîng oî. Samue Van Sîcky urer deveoped e muî-sep reInîng process, în common use oday, în 1877 în e USA. he process o reInîng crude oî îno peroeum îs compex, and a compee expanaîon îs beyond e scope o îs book. However, î îs wor avîng a brîe ook a e basîc seps beore sudyîng e ue’s dîferen caracerîsîcs. Crude oî passes roug ree basîc reInîng processes o become îs Inîsed producs. ïn e Irs process o dîsîaîon, î îs eaed în a ‘sî’. As e emperaure o e crude oî rîses, pero (or Avgas) boîs of a around 200°C (392°F). hîs îs oowed by kerosene, dîese oî and urbîne ue, wîc evaporaes a 180– 345°C (356–653°F). Oer by-producs, known coecîvey as ‘racîons’, vaporîze a dîferen emperaures. he racîons are aowed o coo and condense îno îquîds, or dîsîaes, or urer
reInîng. he îger eemens (îso-buane îs e îges) boî of a ower emperaures, wîe e eavîer eemens (napaene îs e eavîes) become gases a îger emperaures. Treaîng and bendîng are aso pars o e Irs sage, wîc îsoaes e varîous producs. he second sage o e reInîng process îs known as ‘crackîng’. hîs causes e varîous cemîca compounds o condense. he îrd process învoves ‘reormîng’, or producîng e Ina producs. Peroeum oî consîss o 50–98 per cen ydrocarbons, e remaînîng consîuens beîng varîous organîc compounds, suc as nîrogen, oxygen and supur. Over a undred dîferen ypes o ydrocarbon are ound în crude oî, rom e amîîes o parain, napene and aromaîcs. Mos o e Ina peroeum producs conaîn around weny-Ive ydrocarbons. Durîng e Ina process, a varîey o cemîca addîîves are combîned wî e ue. he addîîves a are reevan o avîaîon ue are eraey ead (TEL), eyene dîbromîde (Ed) and a dye known as mey anîîne, an exrac rom coa ar. he dye îs used o coour e ue or îdenîIcaîon purposes. ï wî ook more cosey a eraey ead and eyene dîbromîde aer în îs caper. As pîos, our maîn îneres îs în pero produced or pîson engînes, known as Avgas în avîaîon cîrces. However, je engînes burn kerosene, generay known as Je A-1, Avur, JP-1 and JP-5. Je ue îs obaîned rom napene or kerosene, wîe Avgas comes rom îg pero or caayîc crackîng, a par o e compexîy o e oî reInîng process.
heEnergyConenoFuel
One o e aws o pysîcs îs a energy can neîer be creaed nor desroyed. However, energy can be convered rom one orm o anoer. Hea, or erma energy, can be convered o mecanîca energy wen ue îs burned o cause gases o expand and drîve a pîson or urbîne engîne. An aîrcrat engîne îs desîgned o burn
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