REFLECTOR: HOW FAST?

[Terry Miles]

Bob,
Just for the record, my understanding is that Vne is better thought of as a
true airspeed limitation.  When GA aircraft in general were no more than 180
hp engines, no effort was spent in calculating indicated versus true.  Now
with 300+ hp engines that can cruise at FL200+ this has to be taken into
account. 

If you wander over to the Van's Website there are a couple of articles there
about the topic in greater depth.
Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of bulsr at bellsouth.net
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 11:36 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: HOW FAST?

How high were you and what was your indicated A/S? Scott S. I believe
expects to get near 300 TAS at altitude. The Vne of 200 being IAS.
Bob Buls
XLRG
Still building
> 
> From: "Tom Martino" <tmartino at troubleshooter.com>
> Date: 2007/03/18 Sun PM 11:22:24 EST
> To: "Velocity List" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Subject: REFLECTOR: HOW FAST?
> 
> OK, in speed tests this weekend, I was able to true out at 210 knots
> pretty consistently.  I was at 23 inches and 2400 RPM.  I still had
> throttle travel left.  Flight controls were solid and no sign of
> flutter.  Should I push it even further?  At what point do I know I have
> gone far enough?  
>  
> Tom Martino
> 173 Elite RG - 300 HP (IO-540)
>  
> 
> 

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