You should know how many gallons of fuel your airplane holds, but how much does it weigh? Avgas weighs 6 pounds per gallon, so multiply the gallons by 6. (If your airplane burns Jet-A, you’ll have a table that will tell you how much it weighs at various temperatures—it’s usually...
The last page of that setup interface reports the cycle’s estimated water temperature, time, and energy and water inputs, which for the app-only Eco cycle would be 113° F, an hour and 20 minutes, four gallons of water and .65 kilowatt hours. I can’t lie: Getting that level of ...
AI models can analyze how much fuel is consumed in the climb phase for different aircraft to develop climb phase profiles for fuel conservation. A typical commercial flight uses around 4 liters (0.9 gallons) per second, 240 liters (about 63.4 gallons) per minute, and 14,400 liters (a...
Just 4 quarts of oil drained in a typical oil change can contaminate 1 million gallons of water poured down storm drains. But recycling your used motor oil is as simple as taking it to an auto repair or quick lube shop that accepts it. They'll combine yours with the used oil they gene...
Tropical storm Agnesunleashed its fury on Pennsylvania in 1972 by claiming the lives of 48 people in the state and causing damages worth an astounding $2 billion. According to The Evening News, Susquehanna River, which has a normal volume of 23 billion gallons a day, began overflowing rapidly...
when Los Angeles gas station operator Frank Ulrich advertised cheaper prices in exchange for customers pumping their own gas. It was a hit, with the tiny station selling hundreds of thousands of gallons in a single month. Within a few decades, self-serve gas was commonplace across the nation....
After seeing so many overpriced-in-terrible-shape-requiring-a-far-greater-investment-of-time-and-money-than-I-was-prepared-to-shell-out P.O.S. rigs, this retro-funky-yet-tastefully-modernized-mechanically-sound-and-priced-less-than-I’d-planned-on-spending rolling home was heaven-sent. ...
JIM There was this boy named Jason Voorhees who drowned in Crystal Lake... FLASHBACK Eight year old JASON is desperately trying to tread water, flailing his arms like a marionette to get attention as he gulps down gallons of mossy lake water. YOUNG JASON Hhhhelp...me...I'm drowning.....