The specific fuel consumption for the Teledyne Continental Voyager 200 liquid-cooled reciprocating engine is 0.375 lb/(bhp.h).
The specific fuel consumption for the Teledyne Continental Voyager 200 liquid-cooled reciprocating engine is 0.375 lb/(bhp.h). When installed in an airplane which is flying at 200 mi/h with a propeller efficiency of 0.85, calculate the equivalent thrust specific fuel consumption.
\[1\,mile = 5280\,ft;1\,bhp = 550\,ft.lb/s\]\[c_{t} = \frac{c\left ( v_{\infty} \right )}{\eta _{p}} = \frac{0.375\,\frac{lb}{bhp.h}\left ( 200\,mi/h \right )}{0.85} = \frac{0.375\frac{lb}{\frac{550\,ft\,.lb\times 3600\,s}{s}}\left ( 200\,\times \frac{5280\,ft}{h} \right )}{0.85}\]
\[\Rightarrow c_{t} = 0.235/h\]
