I am thinking of buying someone's RV-9A. I am concerned that there seem to be wide variations in performance. ideally, the builder would quote me performance numbers at 8,000'--for comparison to the Vans demonstrator and other postings--but he does not have them and I think he has stopped flying, so he cannot easily get them.
he does say that he used to cruise at 130 IAS at 5000-6000' with 8gph fuel flow. for those of you who are flying one and know performance both at 5000' and at 8000', is this great, good, average, bad, or terrible? (ideally, can you please post some IAS's at 5000' and 8000', with rpm setting and fuel flow, so that I know how to scale the numbers?)
help appreciated.
regards,
/iaw
he does say that he used to cruise at 130 IAS at 5000-6000' with 8gph fuel flow. for those of you who are flying one and know performance both at 5000' and at 8000', is this great, good, average, bad, or terrible? (ideally, can you please post some IAS's at 5000' and 8000', with rpm setting and fuel flow, so that I know how to scale the numbers?)
help appreciated.
regards,
/iaw