Cruise setting

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Cruise setting

Post by middendorp.r » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:19 pm

I'm really loving the Porter so far, but I'm not sure what the optimal cruise settings are (best economy/best power).

The manual briefly mentions 1800 RPM and FSEconomy says that the typical fuel flow is 40 gph.

But does anyone have any figures for what setting I should set?

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Re: Cruise setting

Post by jameskent1383 » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:13 pm

I set power for 115 TAS. Usually ends up around 46 gph, don't know if thats the corect way, but it works for me!

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Re: Cruise setting

Post by Slayer » Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:48 pm

Are we talking MSFS or P3D?

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Re: Cruise setting

Post by middendorp.r » Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:28 pm

I have the MSFS version, though i would expect them to have similar performance? (I'm quite new to flight simming, so i'm sorry if I'm completely wrong)

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Re: Cruise setting

Post by Slayer » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:09 pm

Different simulators operate slightly differently.

A real pilot offered up his settings here: viewtopic.php?f=251&t=13240#p106012

I believe this is what you were looking for?

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Re: Cruise setting

Post by middendorp.r » Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:42 am

Thanks for this link! But that means that the fuel flow is to high? So either I have to remain at my current settings (to get a reasonable fuel flow) or I’ll have to account for the extra fuel flow

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Re: Cruise setting

Post by Slayer » Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:56 pm

Fuel flow is getting adjusted slightly in the upcoming version to more closely match the feedback we received from some RW operators.


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