2000 hours

[airguy]

Took me a hot minute to get there, but I flew past 2000 hours in my 9A today. First flight was January 2016.

 

[RV8Squaz]

Impressive!

 

[RV10inOz]

That is impressive since 2016. We did between June 2009 & June 2025 about 2400 Hobbs and approx 2100 Tach, so you have been hard at it

 

[petehowell]

Giddy up! That's great!

 

[planenutz]

Outstanding.

Also good to see that you're still trucking along at a good rate of knots... clearly the "slick" hasn't worn off in 2000 hours.

 

[airguy]

Outstanding.

Also good to see that you're still trucking along at a good rate of knots... clearly the "slick" hasn't worn off in 2000 hours.

Actually running a few knots slow - I am in the process of rebuilding/replacing the wheelpants due to years of use and abuse, and I'm currently running without the upper and lower gear leg transitions.

 

[gasman]

How many hours on auto gas??

 

[airguy]

How many hours on auto gas??

Almost all of them - I have 68 gallons capacity in the wings, and I only buy 100LL when I'm on a long trip, and just enough to get me home with a comfortable margin. That might be 10% of my total time.

The first few years were on 91 premium with Ethanol, then the local stores here started selling 93 so I switched to that for a little more detonation margin. First 800 hours I was using the stock Bendix injection system with the Airflow Performance electric fuel pumps, then I installed the full SDS system.