Jess Meyers
Member
This section is never without it's for's or against's. I have been flying alternative for 29 years and in the beginning it was a question of writing about what would not work, but then the light shined through the clouds. Certain principals that worked in WW2 prevailed and voila all goes well. This weekend we flew with a 180HP T-18 on a round robin over the mountains and down the valleys over some of the most desolete terain with not a thought about anything except hanging on your leader. With a slight decent we followed the C/S equipped T-18 and upon return I asked him what speed did you see,as I saw 180 mph at one point, he said 190 Kts. I didn't know our Chevy powered plane would do that with throttle left. We were at 8500 msl and 9.7C. Reliable, yes, As fast as a 180HP C/S RV6 don't know. Inexpensive maybe, we have to burn 100LL due to the tanks. We burned 7.5 gallons the T-18's 10gal. I always watch the section about all these turbos, diesels, Aluminum wonders, but no one seems to be using them so I assume it's just talk not progress, If anyone can prove the difference please let me know.
Jess Meyers
Jess Meyers