jim miller
Well Known Member
I have made many posts here recently about my purchase of a less engine
formerly flying (200 hrs) RV3. With the excellent help from forum I flew it
for the first time yesterday and again today. So far 8 landings and 1.5 hours
with a 0235 C-1 and a Ed Sterba 68 X 64 prop. It flys great and I have seen
1200 FPM climb at one point and noted 162 mph on my GPS. Very preliminary numbers but encourgaging. I thought at first the 68 x 64 prop
had too much pitch but noted today a max rpm of 2500 at 2000' altitude.
I want a cruise prop and it may be OK as is. If I continue without major problems I will be proof of how easy it is to fly a RV3.
I have 8 hours dual in champ with endorsment and one hour in a RV8 and one hour with a non-instructor friend in his RV6. So far all is well. I am flying
off a large WW2 concrete runway and landing on an ajoining very, very wide
and long grass runway. I would have preferred more training but going half-way cross country and flying in a high powered RV6 or 7 was not practical
for me.
formerly flying (200 hrs) RV3. With the excellent help from forum I flew it
for the first time yesterday and again today. So far 8 landings and 1.5 hours
with a 0235 C-1 and a Ed Sterba 68 X 64 prop. It flys great and I have seen
1200 FPM climb at one point and noted 162 mph on my GPS. Very preliminary numbers but encourgaging. I thought at first the 68 x 64 prop
had too much pitch but noted today a max rpm of 2500 at 2000' altitude.
I want a cruise prop and it may be OK as is. If I continue without major problems I will be proof of how easy it is to fly a RV3.
I have 8 hours dual in champ with endorsment and one hour in a RV8 and one hour with a non-instructor friend in his RV6. So far all is well. I am flying
off a large WW2 concrete runway and landing on an ajoining very, very wide
and long grass runway. I would have preferred more training but going half-way cross country and flying in a high powered RV6 or 7 was not practical
for me.