pierre smith
Well Known Member
I was reading my new EAA Chapter 172 newsletter this morning and the following story appeared:
A friend of mine had flown his brand new RV-10 to Greenwood, S.C. for a breakfast meeting and so had another friend of ours, in his F-33 Bonanza. They agreed to do a formation takeoff with the RV ahead, then in level flight, start the race at 2500RPM. The Bonanza pilot hollered to slow down on take-off because the -10 was blistering him, so he rotated with only 18" MP showing
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The Bo pilot flew directly behind the unpainted -10 in order to sync his prop with the ten, visually (how cool is that?). BTW, this guy flies airshows in his MX 20, then pulled up alongside the 10. "Let's go, full throttle", he said. The -10 couldn't believe that he was pulling the airplane of his dreams, the Bo' by a hefty margin, neither could the Bo's owner......end result.....even with the gear tucked, the -33 made 176 GPS knots and the RV did 184 GPS knots, on his Garmin 430!! full of fuel, one soul aboard both airplanes. The -10 has a three-bladed composite prop and a stock IO-540, and it's named "Bo Derek". They relayed the results back via radio to the EAA guys who were all made aware of the impending race beforehand...too cool.
BTW...the -10 has a Sam James cowl and plenum.
He's contemplating a new name now....Bo' smoker...Mercedes beater..
Yep, all you -10 builders will never regret your decision,
Regards,
A friend of mine had flown his brand new RV-10 to Greenwood, S.C. for a breakfast meeting and so had another friend of ours, in his F-33 Bonanza. They agreed to do a formation takeoff with the RV ahead, then in level flight, start the race at 2500RPM. The Bonanza pilot hollered to slow down on take-off because the -10 was blistering him, so he rotated with only 18" MP showing
.The Bo pilot flew directly behind the unpainted -10 in order to sync his prop with the ten, visually (how cool is that?). BTW, this guy flies airshows in his MX 20, then pulled up alongside the 10. "Let's go, full throttle", he said. The -10 couldn't believe that he was pulling the airplane of his dreams, the Bo' by a hefty margin, neither could the Bo's owner......end result.....even with the gear tucked, the -33 made 176 GPS knots and the RV did 184 GPS knots, on his Garmin 430!! full of fuel, one soul aboard both airplanes. The -10 has a three-bladed composite prop and a stock IO-540, and it's named "Bo Derek". They relayed the results back via radio to the EAA guys who were all made aware of the impending race beforehand...too cool.
BTW...the -10 has a Sam James cowl and plenum.
He's contemplating a new name now....Bo' smoker...Mercedes beater..
Yep, all you -10 builders will never regret your decision,
Regards,
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