SECTION
5
PERFORMANCE
CESSNA
MODEL
R182
gallons
of fuel.
The
corresponding
distance during the climb
is 16 nautical
miles.
These
values
are for a
standard
temperature and are
sufficienily
accurate'for
most flight
planningpurposes.:llowever,
a further
correction
for
the
effect
of
,temperature:may
be
made
as uoted onthe clirnb
char,g.
The
approxirnate
effect of.a.non-standard
temperature,is
to increase
the,time,
fuel,
and.distanceby
LOVo fot
e'a,cb.10oC ab.ovestandard
temperature.,
due
to
the lower
rate
oflclimb. In this
case, assuming a temperature
169C
above
standard,
the
correction
Would
be:
Itio/:
i6;6
"
LOVo
=
L6Vo Increase
With
this
factor
included, the
fuel
estimate would be
calculated as
follows:
Fuel
to climb,
standard
temperature 3.4
Increase,
due to non-standard,temperature
(3.4
''tGVo)
!'!
Corrected
fuel to
climb
Ed-Gallons
Using a similar
procedure
for
the
distance during
climb
results
in
19
nautical miles.
The
resultant
cruise distance
is:
Total
distance
72O
Climb
distance
.19
Cruise distance
?0f Nautical,
Miles
With
an
expected 10 knot,headwind,
tJre.'ground.
speed for
_cruise
is
predicted
to
be:
150
-10
140 Knots
Therefore,
the
time
required
for
the cruise
portion
of the trip is:
7Ql
Nautical
Miles
=
b.0 Hours
140Knots
The fuel required for cruise
is:
5.0 hours
x
11.7
gallons/hour
=
58.5
Gallons
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