X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.200.82] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2382051 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:07:22 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.200.82; envelope-from=rlwhite@comcast.net Received: from quail (c-68-35-160-229.hsd1.nm.comcast.net[68.35.160.229]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <2007101121063801200ei8h2e>; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:06:43 +0000 Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:07:38 -0600 From: Bob White To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First Long X-country! Message-Id: <20071011150738.d5c11d5d.rlwhite@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jason, If you fly into ABQ again, give me a call. I would love to see your installation. BTW, I googled LOE airport and it came up in Thailand. How big is your tank!? (Or where did you really come from?) Bob W. On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:59:45 -0500 "Jason Hutchison" wrote: > > A group of us flew out to LOE and then up to ABQ. Thought I would post > some numbers from the trip. > > > > We flew between 10.5 and 11,500 feet for most of the trip. Full throttle > I was indicating 155-160 KTAS and between 19-20 inches of MP. I > averaged about 2-3 gallons more fuel per leg than a RV-7A (IO-360 with > C/S prop). I think the most impressive part of the trip was leaving > Pecan. I was able to do a full throttle climb to 10,500 and temps never > got above 185 degrees. > > > > Jason Hutchison > > > > "This e-mail may contain confidential and/or legally proprietary material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies." -- N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 - http://www.bob-white.com 3.8 Hours Total Time and holding Cables for your rotary installation - http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/