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Old 08-22-2009, 02:26 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
I'm thinking no.

I'm thinking the biggest reason P&G works is simply due to the percentage of time the engine is off.

Maybe someone more ambitious than I could math it out. But I feel this is the case.
I think it depends on the engine to weight ratio, my engine had little power and there was a STEEP penalty for accelerating more than lightly.

To pulse and glide effectively I would have had to enter a very inefficient area, though it might be worth a try if the thing was a manual, mine was not.
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