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Old 03-21-2011, 10:52 AM
ALMARTON ALMARTON is offline
 
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Hi folks,

As promissed finally let me update this post with my results/tests after this first sunny weekend here...

I tried WOP (wide open throtle - full throtle) , full rich, 2650rpm (Hartzell) in my RV9A with Lyc 160hp and the max I got was 159mph IAS (that gave me 186mph TAS). EFIS was reading 91% power (think it would never got to 100% though cause I was already full throtle...)

That was maximum speed I got level flight (8000ft DA).

Thanks all for the comments and tips, regards;

Alexandre "neck" Marton
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Old 03-21-2011, 11:17 AM
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There are a lot of things you can do to reduce drag beyond the stock completed airplane with all of its fairings. In my RV-6A the initial tested three direction maximum baseline speed at 6000 ft density altitude was 170.67 kts. I have tried a lot of things and reported them in this forum. Many did no good or even reduced the speed. The top speed I have been able to achieve is now 184.4 kts.

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Old 03-21-2011, 12:52 PM
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Hi folks,
I tried WOP (wide open throtle - full throtle) , full rich, 2650rpm (Hartzell) in my RV9A with Lyc 160hp and the max I got was 159mph IAS (that gave me 186mph TAS). EFIS was reading 91% power (think it would never got to 100% though cause I was already full throtle...)

That was maximum speed I got level flight (8000ft DA).
The EFIS power table should be adjusted. With those setting the power indictation is to high. I don't know the correct formula, but I would think something around 75 - 80 percent power.

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Old 03-21-2011, 02:02 PM
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On my 9A, I went from 188 to 192 WOT when I put on the second P-Mag. The first one cut my fuel burn, but didn't increase the performance noticeably. When I added the second one, it didn't cut the fuel burn much , but added about 4 mph top. This was with a waxed plane, and I can see a difference, although I haven't done any serious measurement.

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Hi folks,

As promissed finally let me update this post with my results/tests after this first sunny weekend here...

I tried WOP (wide open throtle - full throtle) , full rich, 2650rpm (Hartzell) in my RV9A with Lyc 160hp and the max I got was 159mph IAS (that gave me 186mph TAS). EFIS was reading 91% power (think it would never got to 100% though cause I was already full throtle...)

That was maximum speed I got level flight (8000ft DA).

Thanks all for the comments and tips, regards;

Alexandre "neck" Marton

Full rich @ 8000ft DA will cost you some power; leaning for "best power"/slightly rich-of-peak will get it back for you if your engine is broken in and otherwise able to run there.
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Old 03-22-2011, 01:53 AM
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Full rich @ 8000ft DA will cost you some power; leaning for "best power"/slightly rich-of-peak will get it back for you if your engine is broken in and otherwise able to run there.
Plus = Full Rich - WOT at 8000 feet will certainly waste a lot of unburned fuel and leave you a black smoked belly and maybe some fouled plugs
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