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Sorry to hear about your prop incedent, but it was great to hear about the trip numbers. David Cook Lansing MI, (RV6A Rotary, fus. to be painted mid May.)
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From: "sboese" <sboese@uwyo.edu>
> On Wednesday of last week I made my first XC flight with my 13B powered
> RV6A. The flight was from Laramie, WY, to Benson, MN, with a distance
> covered of 507 nm. It took 4hr 15 min non stop using 30.4 gal of fuel
> leaving 7.6 gal reserve. We started at an initial gross wt of 1796 lb and
> cg of 73.2 in. That was my first excursion to density altitudes less than
> 7000 ft. It was really fun to see climb rates over 1000 fpm with 1700 lb
> gross wt at 3200 ft density altitude and to feel the increased acceleration
> on take off. Static rpm at 3200 ft density altitude was 4870 with 27 in MAP
> and showing 11.1 gal/hr fuel consumption rate. That makes me think I could
> use a prop with less pitch. My extrapolation of the mixture tabl
e for the
> EC2 with the snubbers installed worked very well with the higher manifold
> pressures that had not been tried previously with my setup. That was good
> news.
>
> The bad news is what happens when I forget to remove the tow bar and feed it
> to the propeller (see attached photo). No injuries or other damage occurred
> as far as has been determined at this point. The 12 hour drive back home
> yesterday gave me plenty of time to reflect on my stupidity. I concluded
> that my "experiment" was probably not the best way to investigate the effect
> of a smaller prop. Needless to say, if someone has upgraded to the 2.85
> drive and has a prop for a 2.17 drive for sale, I would be interested to
> know about that.
>
> Sheepishly,
>
> Steve Boese
>
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