Shutting down No 1 engine to increase endurance

[ConwayB]

G'day,

To answer your question, no I haven't intentionally shut down an engine in flight except during the training sequences.

As I said, I have no intention of doing so, but was wondering what sort of endurance, fuel flow, speed figures others have achieved.

I have the Cessna figures (the usual lies you find in a POH) and I have the USAF figures (which are more realistic) for normal operations and so can guess at what the 'emergency operations' figures are.

It was common practice for tuna spotters to cruise on just the No 1 engine and put in 8 hour sorties. I would guess that starting a cold engine in flight would not be conducive to engine longevity.

CB