KHAO to KUKT 427nm. Non stop?

[rapid_ascent]

Randy,

Thanks for that reference. I'll take a closer look.

I was considering a RV-12 purchase to have a bird while I finish up my RV-7A.

[NinerBikes]

Originally Posted by rapid_ascent

Randy,

Thanks for that reference. I'll take a closer look.

I was considering a RV-12 purchase to have a bird while I finish up my RV-7A.

If you slow down a bit, you can save all the time for a landing and refuel, mid trip, instead just land at your destination. You WILL save time, if the distance is within the range on the POH guide.

You need 4 gallons left in the tank to take off at Vx, 3 gallons at Vy, on the Legacy model Van's RV-12.

If you buy the RV-12 IS model, you need a little more than 0.5 gallon to take off, all of the fuel tank is usable, pretty much, since the newer version fuel tank straddles the whole width of the luggage area on the 12 iS, and the fuel pickup location is different.

[Waiex-guy]

If “safety” is your primary concern...you can stay on the ground as the joke goes, or plan your fuel carefully. Make a “fuel ladder”, showing time to reach, time remaining, fuel to reach, and fuel remaining at various checkpoints along your route. If you fall behind your fuel ladder, you have to stop at a pre-determined alternate. If you don’t you continue as planned and land happy.

You don’t add safety by adding a landing and takeoff you don’t need, landings and takeoffs are where the accidents happen.

The amount of fuel required at the end is: legal daytime 30 minutes, but beyond that depends on the circumstances. Availability of alternates nearby and likelihood of weather interrupting your landing plans for example.

The five gallon can nearly full won’t expand when you climb, only the air expands. (Fuel expands with temperature so leave a little airspace). Those unvented cans don’t give off fumes you can smell. Empty, they hold at least two full pees.

[JFCRV12]

Ended up stopping at Somerset. Put 10G of 100LL in and burned 10 more to destination. Net, answer is at least today, Non stop was not happening. Anyway, I had to pee like a race horse. Fun flight!

[NinerBikes]

Originally Posted by JFCRV12

Ended up stopping at Somerset. Put 10G of 100LL in and burned 10 more to destination. Net, answer is at least today, Non stop was not happening. Anyway, I had to pee like a race horse. Fun flight!

N112YS, correct? Looks like you got either a nice tail wind for the second leg, or the throttle a lot closer to the wall and higher RPM's run to get there sooner. Coffee is a bad primer for the start of a day if you're flying.

[JFCRV12]

Originally Posted by NinerBikes

N112YS, correct? Looks like you got either a nice tail wind for the second leg, or the throttle a lot closer to the wall and higher RPM's run to get there sooner. Coffee is a bad primer for the start of a day if you're flying.

Little bit of tail but only for 10-20 min. The swirled to a crosswind from the north. And yep, pushed throttle a little bit but not much. 5200 to Somerset, about 5300 from Somerset to KUKT. Had to drop to 3500 from 7500 to avoid clouds for last 45 min or so. Could have gone over but wasn’t positive I’d have a hole to get back down at destination. So I rode the bumps. Not too bad though.