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Justan Olphart Justan Olphart is offline
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Default Running on one engine

On 5/20/2015 8:19 AM, Tim wrote:
Maybe I'm not thinking right, but how can running only 1engine save fuel? To achieve any speed to get to plane arnt you having to over tax that one engine, causing higher fuel consumption?

Slow trolling at idle speed is the reason that makes most sense to me. I
doubt fuel savings would amount to much.

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