Total hours flown: 18
True A/S without gear leg fairings or wheel pants: 150kts
True A/S with gear leg fairings & wheel paints (no intersection fairings), 167kts.
As you can see a 17kt increase!
Configuration:
Lycoming carbureted 160 hp
C/S hartzell
7500 ft
75% power (throttle wide open, prop full fwd)
How nice it is to have a constant speed prop. I can pull the RPM back to 2300 at 7500' and put along at 157kts and burn 8.5/hr. (I need to firm this up but so far this is what it looks like).
I will be heading up to 10500 & 11500 to see what I can get for economy at these altitudes. I hope to see around 150kts and 7.5 gal/hr.
What a little rocket!
True A/S without gear leg fairings or wheel pants: 150kts
True A/S with gear leg fairings & wheel paints (no intersection fairings), 167kts.
As you can see a 17kt increase!
Configuration:
Lycoming carbureted 160 hp
C/S hartzell
7500 ft
75% power (throttle wide open, prop full fwd)
How nice it is to have a constant speed prop. I can pull the RPM back to 2300 at 7500' and put along at 157kts and burn 8.5/hr. (I need to firm this up but so far this is what it looks like).
I will be heading up to 10500 & 11500 to see what I can get for economy at these altitudes. I hope to see around 150kts and 7.5 gal/hr.
What a little rocket!
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