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Old March 30th 04, 01:43 AM
Chad Irby
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In article ,
"John Keeney" wrote:

Two pounds of fuel for an eleven second run, at that
rate we're talking 650+ pounds per hour. That's for a
12 foot aircraft.
I wonder what that would scale to for a fighter or
executive transport sized aircraft; I wonder about a
bomber sized aircraft...


Well, considering that a 747 goes through a gallon of fuel in less than
its own *length*...

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