obwan wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 11:53pm:

What should my fuel consumption (PPH) be when cruising at say 18000. I get 17000PPH, the higher I go the more it uses. I cannot possibly cruise at FL300 as I would not make 4 hours in the air. Another thing - my 4 gauges show 3000pph each which should = 12000PPH but I always appear to use about 3000 - 4000PPH more, Why is this? Thank you in advance for your response Kevin

Okay, there is a few things that may be doing this... first of all, you may have your power settings on max. You'll know this by looking at the tachometer (it should point at a high number)

second: Like Captain Sim said, you may not have loaded enough fuel. Therefor, do what they say.

third: In TCE, you've put in a lot of weight. Therefor, the airplane will use more power to keep it flying.

Hope this helps.  ;)