Florida to Upstate NY (Saratoga Springs)
2017 22 Ft. Class C Ford E-350 Super Duty Triton V10 flat towing Ford Fiesta (2600 lbs). About 10 MPG in Florida (flat elevation) I-95 to I-87 Eastern Seaboard Route is flat elevation but crowded a...
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jplante4 wrote:JaxDad wrote:
But you missed the return flight part of the discussion, the downwind leg of the flight.
I didn't miss a thing. You're arguing for the sake of arguing. You spend more time going uphill/into the wind than you do going downhil/downwind. You use more fuel in the mountains than the flatlands.
Did you got to Embry Riddle or what?
JaxDad wrote:
So in the end I really only burned an extra 2.195 gallons on the whole trip. Just like the fuel savings gained by the increased fuel economy going downhill.
Nobody said was a ‘wash’ but it must be taken into account.
Nope, highly edjimukated by Uncle Sam, after a couple years in 2nd MAW, MAG-14 at Cherry Point.
Arguing for the sake of arguing you say?
