Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!moto From: moto@ucbcad.berkeley.edu (EDIF Committee) Newsgroups: sci.misc,rec.autos Subject: Re: Re: Economical driving Message-ID: <1584@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 26-May-87 01:05:26 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbcad.1584 Posted: Tue May 26 01:05:26 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 27-May-87 00:43:09 EDT References: <759@edge.UUCP> <736@sask.UUCP> Reply-To: moto@cad.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (EDIF Committee) Organization: UC Berkeley, CAD group Lines: 6 Summary: Similar scheme with aircraft Xref: mnetor sci.misc:312 rec.autos:2266 I dont know how relevent this observation is to auto driving, but an aircraft always uses maximum sustained power when climbing to save both wear on the engine and for fuel economy. Note that this is usually LESS than takeoff power since that is not sustained. Mike