how would one find out how much full is needed to travel the world

[eman1200]

fly around the world?

c'mon, don't be fuelish.

 

[eman1200]

Hmmm. This one is probably properly noted for lying. Another poster to PoA (long time poster) lies and no comments to their threads?

aaww c'mon, who IS IT?!??! the suspense is keeeeling meeeeeeee!

 

[acrodisiac]

Dream large! Look up Max Conrad's book about his circumnavigation in a single engine Piper Comanche.

 

[48dodge]

It can be done in 9 days with just 1200 gallons of fuel.

 

[FormerHangie]

It can be done in 9 days with just 1200 gallons of fuel.

Instead of asking how much fuel it would take, how about setting a record for the least amount of energy used in a circumnavigation? That sounds like an interesting challenge for the OP.

 

[dukeblue219]

Instead of asking how much fuel it would take, how about setting a record for the least amount of energy used in a circumnavigation? That sounds like an interesting challenge for the OP.

I think Steve Fossett will have that record for the foreseeable future.

 

[MAKG1]

I think Steve Fossett will have that record for the foreseeable future.

For one circumnavigation? Almost every astronaut has used less. The ISS circumnavigates in 90 minutes with no fuel on almost all orbits.

 

[Henning]

For one circumnavigation? Almost every astronaut has used less. The ISS circumnavigates in 90 minutes with no fuel on almost all orbits.

Yeah, but if you average it out with launch.

 

[rbridges]

Yeah, but if you average it out with launch.

would that be an example of block speed?

 

[Henning]

would that be an example of block speed?

No, block fuel.

 

[MAKG1]

Yeah, but if you average it out with launch.

The ISS used no fuel on launch because it wasn't launched. Now, the boosters to get all the stuff up into orbit used a whole lot of fuel, but that's not the ISS.

 

[Henning]

Hmmm, here's an interesting tid bit. Apollo 11 used 947,529 gallons of fuel and oxidizer to travel 828,743 nautical miles, that, 1.14 gallons per NM, not bad.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Longtime liars tend to get ignored after a while. People get tired of pointing out the lies.

Not really. Depends on who the person is.

aaww c'mon, who IS IT?!??! the suspense is keeeeling meeeeeeee!

Several people, some of whom have been better about their posts lately.

Here's an example of one that tries to have their past both ways...

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1284710#post1284710

 

[FormerHangie]

Hmmm, here's an interesting tid bit. Apollo 11 used 947,529 gallons of fuel and oxidizer to travel 828,743 nautical miles, that, 1.14 gallons per NM, not bad.

Ahh, the joys of zero drag. I wonder what the MPG would be for Voyager, it's only gone 11 billion miles so far.