rbort
Elite Veteran
Location: Franklin, MA - U.S.A.
| If I was to calculate itI fly 15 minute flights. On average there is a 1/4 tank left out of 16oz. With close to 3.5oz per gallon oil, each gallon is 131.5oz. 12oz per flight divided into that will make 11 flights per gallon.
500 flights / 11 flights = approximately 45.5 gallons.
If you're flying 15 minute flights with a G26 like me, you're probably around the 165 flight count.
My 1005 gets better gas mileage, partly due to lower GR even though its not that much lower and I compensate for it with more rpms. Also most likely due to the fact that its slightly lighter. I think if I remember right I can get 14 flights per gallon on that machine with the same engine.
I've crashed mine 4 times since day 1.
Flight #12, link popped off due to old Hanson shaky motor and bad delrin ball. Rolled over from a 3 foot hover into the ground, minor damage, luckily it happened then and not 10 seconds later as I was checking out the battery monitor to make sure the generator was working before flying away.
Flight #82, rear servo stopped moving, premature failure probably caused by reasons above. Flew it down to the ground holding full forward stick and boom struck at 3 feet off the deck when I tried to add collective at the bottom (bad idea with a failed CCPM servo).
Flight #418, rudder servo failed while vertical in a 4 point flip, somehow managed to right it while spinning for a crash landing that didn't break blades or damage the tail in any way. Did bust the landing hear and lower motor plate, cracked the engine crankcase due to lower plate bust.
Flight #451, damn airplane pilot slammed into it from the bottom up while I was hovering 200 feet up waiting for his low high speed pass over the runway to go by so I could hit hold and auto down. Instead he pulled into a vertical and went upwards like a missle for 2 seconds before impact. Claimed he was doing a loop. 
The good news, I've never "fat fingered it". 
-=>Raja.
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