Giant Scale Fuel tank size?
05-23-2007, 08:15 PM
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Giant Scale Fuel tank size?
I am building my first Giant scale plane and need to know what size fuel tank to put in it? Its a zeroli SBD with G-62 in it.
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05-23-2007, 08:21 PM
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RE: Giant Scale Fuel tank size?
I have the G-62 in a couple planes right now. They are aerobatic planes.
24oz will last about 35-40 minutes if your not hard on the throttle all the time. I can fly 2 flights 15 minutes each doing general aerobatics and IMAC routines. Still got about 3oz in the tank when I land.
It seams to me that most warbirds are flown over 1/2 throttle for most of the flight. Probably even 5/8 or 3/4 throttle. At those RPM, I'd expect a 24oz tank to be just right for a solid 20 minutes with room to go around a couple times if you screw up the approach.
24oz will last about 35-40 minutes if your not hard on the throttle all the time. I can fly 2 flights 15 minutes each doing general aerobatics and IMAC routines. Still got about 3oz in the tank when I land.
It seams to me that most warbirds are flown over 1/2 throttle for most of the flight. Probably even 5/8 or 3/4 throttle. At those RPM, I'd expect a 24oz tank to be just right for a solid 20 minutes with room to go around a couple times if you screw up the approach.
05-25-2007, 01:47 AM
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RE: Giant Scale Fuel tank size?
My Ziroli Corsair with the G-62 and 22-10 prop used 2.4 oz per minute. Full throttle excep landing and down lines. I flew 8 -10 minutes then called for a landing. 32 oz tank. 13 years of flying on this plane . Log entry and check lists for every flight..including fuel consumption.
