Thread: riddle me this
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Old 04-11-2008, 07:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MKFlying7 View Post
It's 8 up for takeoff the majority of the time, but in flight it's significantly lower...0-4 from what I can recall seeing.

8 up on the takeoff roll doesn't burn, but what...maybe a half a pound of gas...ouch

No $hit ....What I meant was obviously the cg is farther back if the takeoff trim is 6 instead of 8 , which does affect fuel burn in cruise no matter what the cruise trim is.

Now you'll probably explain to me how ZFW does not matter since we never fly without fuel
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