Kyle Boatright
Well Known Member
What are the optimum conditions to test the top speed of our normally aspirated aircraft? Obviously a physically clean aircraft, but beyond that, I assume ideal conditions would be a calm day with the speed runs conducted a very low density altitude.
Is that fair/reasonable/accurate?
The reason I ask is I ran the RV-10 out to full throttle the other day and saw 181 knots (TAS) in level flight with a nasty dirty airplane, light turbulence, and at something like 5,000' density altitude. Then I wondered, hmm how much faster would it be under optimum conditions?
Is that fair/reasonable/accurate?
The reason I ask is I ran the RV-10 out to full throttle the other day and saw 181 knots (TAS) in level flight with a nasty dirty airplane, light turbulence, and at something like 5,000' density altitude. Then I wondered, hmm how much faster would it be under optimum conditions?