hey everyone Jason shapper here of the
m0a online Ground School in this video
I'm going to share with you why I never
break my three hour rule
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I want to share with you in this series
many of you know this especially my
online Ground School members I'm really
big on teaching what I call my three
hour rule and my three hour rule says
this
from the moment I start the airplane I
say clear prop and I start the airplane
I start a clock now in two year Mike
Zulu we're awfully spoiled the avidyne
transpinter transponder starts that
clock for us the moment I say clear prop
that clock starts
then from the moment I'm taxing in to
where I'm going to at my destination the
line Personnel is bringing me in they
tell me to shut down that time better
not exceed three hours from the moment I
start to the moment I shut down will not
be greater than three hours that is the
three hour rule now that allows a lot of
time for taxi and run up really taxi on
both sides so realistically I'm only in
you know a cruise power or a high fuel
burn situation for two and a half hours
maybe you know two hours 40 minutes at
the most here why do we have that well
the book says the poh says 2-3 mic Zulu
can hold four and a half hours of fuel
I've never tested that theory I don't
want to test that theory let the
engineers figure that one out
my rule is no greater than three hours
because fuel is options I always
jokingly say the only time I have too
much fuel is when I'm on fire other than
that bring the fuel on I know there's
Weight and Balance limitations and other
things there but fuel is options you
know when you see us and you follow us
on our Oshkosh series we will be flying
Oshkosh again and two through Mike Zulu
this year you'll see us we'll fly and
we'll purposely plan some two and a half
hour legs let me tell you something
the three-hour rule has saved me from
making the NTSB reports many of times
I'll never forget one of our first big
seminar tours was called The Good Pilot
tour I was sharing my original JFK
Junior accent analysis doing it as a
live seminar I was leaving Ann Arbor
Michigan and trying to make it to
Louisville Kentucky
and I remember the weather kind of
around the Cincinnati area was just so
nasty I can't remember all the different
airports we diverted to but I do
remember the number it was eight eight
different diversions zigzag and back and
forth turn around trying to get in these
different airports VFR airports IFR all
over the place but the storms and the
cells were building around it I'll never
forget around I don't know maybe to
version three four five the controller
who's dealing with all these other
aircraft that are calling up minimum
Fuel and trying to get in I'll never
forget the controller said hey at that
time it wasn't two three Mike Zulu yet
it was still 7159 Quebec if you know the
history of the airplane they said 7159
Quebec save fuel and at the time we had
I don't know about two hours of fuel
maybe an hour 45 minutes you could hear
the relief in the controller's voice
because most people by their third or
fourth diversion were starting to end up
in some issues you see that doesn't have
to be you if you plan these shorter hops
listen our our bodies Our bladders in
particular can't make it that long
anyways
stop and make sure you shut down before
you take over to three hours you can
find accident after accident that's
related to fuel look at something and
we've covered this accident uh in our
April accident analysis series a few
years ago United flight 173.
professional crew ran out of fuel in VFR
conditions inside the airport there are
a lot of factors that a lot of
distractions that happen with that but
still they land about eight miles short
of the Portland airport this is back in
the 70s because they ran out of fuel
an airliner these are the things you
need to research and realize and you
should adopt your version of the
three-hour rule I have a good friend of
mine who flies a Bonanza and the Bonanza
holds five and a half hours of fuel so
he adopts the four-hour rule here's how
you want to work the calculations I want
you Landing taxi the line Personnel is
bringing you in to shut you down and
you're getting ready to shut down you
want to have about an hour and a half in
the tanks at that shutdown period
because if you get there and you have to
divert and it's not just we think of
diversions for bad weather look at a
situation like Oshkosh or Sun and Fun
somebody comes in has a gear up has a
ground Loop has something airports
closed weather's great but airport is
closed now you're all fighting to get to
the the diversion airports you're gonna
be thankful you have that extra fuel in
that situation
so find your own three-hour Rule and if
you are going to commit to this will you
leave me a comment down below and say
Yes Jason I'm flying the three-hour Rule
now or hey admire plants more like the
two and a half hour rule or my
airplane's the four hour rule whatever
it is will you just make that
declaration in the comments down below
and say Yes Jason I'm on board I'm
adopting this three-hour rule or
whatever that time frame is for you hey
once again as we're wrapping up this
flight plan series we're gonna do it a
big way with a live flight planning
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Friday at 8 pm eastern time if you want
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your declaration they're not even
comments anymore they're declarations
down below I look forward to reading
those have a blessed abundant
outstanding rest your day and most
importantly remember
Lincoln pilot is always learning have a
great day everybody
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