REFLECTOR: Interior foam

[Brett Ferrell]

Kevin,

I agree with that, and we'll be flying without any interior for awhile (probably
a year, certainly during testing) and will evaluate whether we want/need the
insulation.  I also think that the plane that gets used is the better value,
and I've heard an awful lot of Velocity owners say that they don't use their
planes much during the winter.  I live in Ohio and want to fly farily high, and
I want to make sure that my plane gets used, so it needs to be warm enough for
my chronically cold SO.

Brett

Quoting Velocity_AZ <velocity_AZ at cox.net>:

> Sid,
>
> When I flew to Vegas, it was on an instrument flight plan - so it was about
> 235 nmi., If I remember correctly, I averaged about 135-140 kts one way
> (with headwinds).  Try climbing to 11,000' with 4 on board - it's a slow
> process that took time. Taxi, holding for instrument release, vectoring at
> LAS, all took up some time and fuel too.  Two hours at an average burn of
> 10-12 gallons per hour = about 20+ gallons used. With only 30 gallons on
> board, I had just about 45 minutes left (required reserve).  When I get down
> to 5 gallons in each tank, my "Low Fuel" annunciator illuminates (because
> that's where I set my VisionMicro to go off).  What if I wanted to take a
> trip with 4 people for 3 or 3.5 hours - couldn't make it without re-fueling.
> Now, if my plane was lighter - I could carry more fuel, use less runway,
> etc. etc.
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sid Knox [mailto:sbjknox at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:11 PM
> To: velocity_AZ at cox.net; Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Interior foam
>
> Kevin,
> I am not understanding your numbers...
> 1)  you report a fuel burn-rate of about 15 gph.
> 2)  the distance from PHX to LAS is about 222 nmi.   For a two-hour trip,
> that gives an average speed of 111 kts.  This figures to about 7.4 nmi/gal.
>
> 3)  My guestimate of the power required to fly (my Velocity) at 111 kts is
> about 66 hp ;
>    hp = (5.5 gal/hr)   x   (6 lb/gal)  /  (0.5 BSFC)  =  66 hp
>   This figures to about  111 / 5.5 = 20 nmi/gal.
>
> Sid Knox
> Oklahoma
>
> Velocity    N199RS
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Velocity_AZ" <velocity_AZ at cox.net>
> To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:58 PM
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Interior foam
>
>
> > I've been hearing about various products that builders are interested
> > in putting in their Velocitys.  I've got a LWFG with an IO-360 with
> > hi-compression (10:1) from Lycon that, they say, has dynoed at 230 hp.
> >
> > My recommendation to anyone building is "Keep It Light". I'm empty at
> > 1630 lbs and if I had to do it all again, I would build it lighter. I
> > put in nicely padded leather seats, thick aviation carpet,
> > fiberglassed a keel cover with glove box, re-designed instrumental
> > panel, tool box below rear shelf, a loaded instrument panel, constant
> > speed prop, etc. etc.  My payload is only 770 lbs. (360 lbs for full
> > tanks leaves only 410 for adults and passengers - not much).  A two
> > hour trip with 4 adults and baggage from PHX to LAS required 1/2 tanks (30
> Gallons) - not a very comfortable fuel margin.
> >
> > Kevin Steiner
> > 170 hours
> >
>
>
>
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