Piper CHEROKEE ARCHER II Pilot Operating Handbook page 71

SECTION
5
PERFORMANCE
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RAFT
CORPO RATION
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Total
Fli&r
Trme
The total flight time
is
determined by adding the time to climb, the time to
descend
and the
cruise time. Remember! The time
values
'taken
from the climb
and
i.r.r"l'er.phs
are
in
minutes
and
must
be
converted to hours before adding them to the cruise
ume.
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The fonowing flight
time
is
required for our flight pranning example.
(l)
Total Flieht Time
(cX3) plus (d)(t)
plus (eX6), (.14 hrs.
plus.14
hrs.
ptus 2.56
hrs.)
2.g4
hrs.
(g)
Total Fuel
Required
Determine the
total
fuel required
by
adding the fuel to climb, the fuel to
descend
and the
cruise fuel.
When
the total fuel (in
gallons) i,
-a"iirmineO,
mrliUpfv'iru. ,rfre
by 6
lb/gal
to
determine the total fuel weight
ur.a fJ, tfr.
nigfrt.
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The total fuel calculations for our example flight plan
are strown below. (l)
Total Fuel
Required
(c)(5) plus (dX3) ptus (e)(7),
(_t^ga_t.
ptus I
gat..plus t9.5
gal.)
21.5 gat.
(21.5
gal. multiplied by 6
lb/gal.)
129
tbs.
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REVISED: MAY23,l9t0