Greetings,

 

As I build my IV-P kit, I’m always watching with anticipation the other IV-P planes out there and how you guys are using them.  One thing that has struck me is that it appears most of you with piston IV-P’s are flying them around in the low- to mid-teens rather than in the flight levels.  I’m curious why this is the case…  Trips not long enough to justify the climb?  You want to stay VFR?  Performance or handling issues up high?  Etc.

 

Would love to hear from some of you on the operational practicalities of using your IV-P as a X/C traveling machine.  My expectation is that I’ll be using mine a lot on lots of 1,000nm X/C flights and am planning to fly in the FL220-FL250 range.

 

Thoughts?

 

Dan Olsen

N320DK – 320MKII, 700hrs

IV-P in progress