I must say I've learned far more about aviation from this list in the past
few years than in the lifetime that stretched before them. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> When he said he had been up for an 8-hr day, I first quizzed him about his
> fuel capacity. He said he had 23 gallons in each wing. The prop looked
> like a very flat pitch. To get in 8 hrs, he must have to throttle back to
> about 5 gph, which would probably be about half-power. Although he told me
> the engine was an 0-360, the on-line registration says O-320. However,
> this appeared to be a very new installation, and, in Experimental Category,
> they probably don't worry too much about the promptness of the paperwork.
>
> He said he once found himself moving at 14 mph ground speed over an
> Atlanta Braves game. The vortex generators should allow him to fly
> extremely slow, which, for his purposes, grabs more eyeballs. :-)
>
> Thanks for the kind words.
>
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