Chinook Flight Saving 0.6 gph
In case anyone was thinking about this purchase: Our club installed SureFly electronic mags on the left side of three of our planes since May, 2021. (New harness installed also). Our 172L (LYC O-320 E2D) with new Tempest plugs just hit the 500 hour mark since that installation. Plugs are still well within service limits, required minimal cleaning. We've kept excellent fuel consumption records and recorded a .6 gallon per hour reduction in fuel consumption. This resulted in $599.67 savings in fuel costs over this time. So, I would recommend this conversion due to simplicity and appears to well be paying itself.
- R Newman
That rate of fuel drop is pretty impressive for a flight club setup. Hitting the 500-hour mark on a Cessna 172L with the SureFly electronic mag installed and saving around 0.6 gallons per hour adds up quickly—nearly $600 in savings over that timeframe is no small change. It reminds me of analysing operational cost efficiencies back when I was dealing with complex data models for Macroeconomics assignment writing services; small incremental gains usually compound into huge long-term value. It’s also interesting that the Tempest plugs barely needed any cleaning after all that flight time. I wonder if similar savings hold up across different engine models or flying conditions, or if the O-320 just hits a sweet spot with this setup?