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Fuel consumption is given in gallons (or liters) per hour. Unless you have an in-line fuel flow meter (which most small planes don't) figuring fuel consumption is more of an art than a science. The problem is that the engine doesn't burn fuel at the same rate all the time. If you spend a lot of time idling, waiting for take off, you're going to get skewed consumption numbers compared to immediately taking off and quickly reaching cruise speed. The best you can get is an average. First, you fill the tanks full. Then, you run the engine and note the time. Then you fill the tanks again and you note the amount of fuel. You take the gallons (or liters) and divide it by the time number.

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