Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #56793
From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: MPG vs. Speed
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:31:40 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Good point. This photo was taken at 8500msl.  We flew back from Padukah at 4500-6500.  That was because of strong headwinds up high.   

Mark

P.S.  Missed you at the fly-in.


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Tracy <rwstracy@gmail.com> wrote:
Altitude!  Altitude!   Those numbers look SO much better up high!

Tracy

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On Sep 26, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com> wrote:

> I ran across this old picture of my EM-2 taken at 209 mph, showing 16.6 mpg.  Cruising back from Paduka I was throttled back to 150mph and only getting 15.7 +/-  Looks like I need to fly faster.
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> Mark
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