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Answer to this question isn't in the flight manual for my '53 Cessna
180. Hope to get some expert advice. I am planning a long flight Labor Day Weekend and calculate no wind reserve based on my previous fuel burn rate of about 50 minutes. Book says even more. My last leg will be about 170 N mile and as much as 20 miles off the coast of Georgia. Not in a rush. I want to save gas. I expect to be descending from either 9,500 or 7,500 feet at about 200 feet per minute to a sea level landing. This will take about half an hour. My economy cruise will be max 22.5" MP or WOT and 2200 RPM. Any advantage to reducing the RPM to 2000 or lower during the long descent? Does it save gas? Is it better to reduce MP and leave RPM at 2200? I know the prop acts like a brake a high RPM-fine pitch. Is low RPM and coarse pitch-more like feathering when you are going downhill? Thanks in advance - |
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