The club currently has 3 aircraft available for use by club members.
Hourly rates include fuel and are based on tach time, described below. The
club's 172s have tuned exhaust systems, allowing the engines to develop
full rated power more easily. Both aircraft have four-place intercoms.
1980 N6605D 172N $125.00 Wet, Tach 160hp, tuned exhaust, IFR, dual VOR, ADF, Engine Analyzer, GPS
1978 N739UL 172N $125.00 Wet, Tach 160hp, tuned exhaust, IFR, dual VOR, GPS (GNS 430
1982 Piper Cherokee N8312H P28A $135.00 Wet, Tach 180hp, engine analyzer, IFR, dual VOR, GPS (Garmin 530), DME 1/2, autopilot.
Hourly Rates
Our planes are using tach time rather than hobbs time, and flown "wet" -- i.e. the fuel price is included in the hourly rate.
Some basic info and rules of thumb for calculating rates:
Fuel costs roughly $5.00/ga., and a typical 4-seat trainer uses 8+ gallons/hr. For a plane flown dry, add another $50/hr for fuel to your cost. Our planes, however, are flown wet: the fuel is included in the hourly rate.
Hourly time is measured either by a Hobbs meter (a timer which starts when the engine does, runs at a steady rate, and stops when the engine shuts down) or by a tach meter ("tach time"). The tach meter runs at a rate slower than clock time when the engine is at less than cruise RPM (e.g. in descent, taxiing), meaning less time on the meter and less cost to you. Our planes use tach meters.
Hobbs time = Tach time x 1.3 Tach time = Hobbs time x 0.77
For example, a 1 (tach) hour flight in one of our 172Ns would cost $125 -- fuel included. A flight of equal duration in a dry 172 @ $80/hr (Hobbs) would cost 80 * 1.2 + 36 = $132, including fuel.
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Some other reasons we use a tach rate:
- Better fuel economy when not flying at max speed - Less wear and tear when not flying at max speed - Accounting accuracy/fairness - 100-hour maintenance, TBOs, etc. are all tach Reasons to use wet instead of dry:
- We don't require a fill up after shorter flights so you don't have to fill up after every flight" |
