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steve28
05-03-2007, 06:22 AM
I read the flyer for the T-Rex nitro kit , it says the fuel tank is 440 cc is this cubic centimeters , because if so I think this is a mistake because 440 cc is actually pretty huge and I dont think it'll fit . did they mean to put 440 mL , this seems closer to reality . clarification please Id like to estimate how much flight time you would get on a gallon of fuel. they say 440 cc last one flight 12 min , but like I said I think this is a error ? ?
capebob
05-03-2007, 07:06 AM
Steve,
In fact one cc equals one ml. One would think that one from an enlightened nation like Canada which has fully embraced the metric system would know that. :D
Bob
Gscott
05-03-2007, 08:02 AM
440cc is correct. The tank on a Sceadu is 480cc.
Tintin
05-03-2007, 03:46 PM
Steve,
In fact one cc equals one ml. One would think that one from an enlightened nation like Canada which has fully embraced the metric system would know that. :D
Bob
:mrgreen:
Nice, love the irony :thumbup:
Pinecone
05-03-2007, 06:32 PM
And 440 cc = 440 ml = 14.666666 ounces.
12 minutes on that amount of fuel isn't that bad.
And that means 8.72 tanks per gallon of fuel.
medflight
05-03-2007, 11:27 PM
I couldn't get 12 min. out of my Evo 50 w/ OS hyper and a 2oz. header. About 10 would just leave the header full. This is flying in I1 and I2.
Pinecone
05-05-2007, 06:50 AM
Oh, and the flyer does say 10 minutes for 440 cc.
steve28
05-07-2007, 04:00 PM
Steve,
In fact one cc equals one ml. One would think that one from an enlightened nation like Canada which has fully embraced the metric system would know that.
Bob
:oops: :( I cant believe it , all that school , wasted .
gordohigh
05-09-2007, 06:22 PM
HA HA! Good sense of humor Steve... :mrgreen:
Rocket Man
05-16-2007, 03:42 PM
Now if we take that math a little further, we could check to see how the electric costs compare to the nitro version.
Around here, 30 percent fuel is about $25.00 per gallon. If Terry's math is correct, then it I could get 104.76 flights on $300 worth of nitro - or the cost of one TP 6SX-5000 battery pack.
But if we look at flight time, the situation is different. At 10 minutes per flight, I will get 1047.6 minutes of flight time for that money on nitro and it would take 174.6 flights (at 6 minutes per flight) to give me the equivalent time with my T-Rex 600 electric .
We have often said that with electrics you pay for all your fuel up front; with nitro, you pay as you go. Now I know just how much flying I have to do to amortize the cost of those batteries.
I have both electrics and nitro burners. I plan to keep all of them for a while.
Ron