asos Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Flying the C172 in hard settings, I decided to head to a distant airport. It proved a had a large appetie but poor teeth as I ran out of fuel and had to land in a field where I promptly crashed.:):mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 If the airport was within normal range you probably had the mixture too rich and/or were flying too low; also, even a light headwind will shorten your range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asos Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 jgf, Very useful observation--thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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