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Mark is correct about the average ground speed 216.7 MPH, however, that was
NOT Tracy's top speed, that includes the take off roll and climb which of
course lowers the average speed. Tracy's top speed was where he wanted it
to be (ie. read higher) given he was not keen on going to max military power
for the entire duration of the course given how new the set up was. A
prudent man, which means he will likely be making rotary products for a
nice, long time.
But let me tell you when Tracy took off it made a nice wicket sound as he
roared by and even a mile or so past the end of the runway when he did his
first "on-course" turn its was sounding mean and business like. You could
tell by the eyeball that this was one fast moving bird.
Ed
Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
----- Original Message ----- From: <msteitle@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Sun-100 Race Results
If I recall correctly, Tracy's speed was 216.7 mph.
Mark S.
Quoting Finn Lassen <finn.lassen@verizon.net>:
> Note that it was very turbulent that day. I'm surprised he flew at all.
>
> Finn
>
> Russell Duffy wrote:
>
> > just came back from SNF last night. Tracy got third place behind 2
> > Lancairs. Don't have the exact nrs. Hi did not reach 220.
> >
> > Richard Sohn
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the report Richard. At least it sounds like he made it
> > through safely, and didn't break anything. It's going to be hard to
> > beat a Lancair with anything close to equal power. >From what I've
> > heard, the RV airfoil just isn't very efficient above about 220 mph.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rusty (what's that light outside? Sun? Didn't know they had that up
> > here <g>)
>
>
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