REFLECTOR: Speed

[Kevin Baker]

That's good speed - what engine/prop/pitch are you using?
Also, what do you think you takeoff roll length is?

Thanks,
Kevin Baker


At 05:27 AM 5/4/2007, Tom wrote:
>Thanks for all of the thoughts--yes, it is fixed gear and come to think
>of it I don't remember having this issue when I flew it the first few
>hours with no wheel pants. I didn't try slow flight back then but this
>is a good possibility. One thing that still baffles me is the high speed
>end is so good. When I owned a Mooney, if something was even slightly
>out of rig it significantly affected top end speeds. This past weekend I
>was the subject of a photo flight and the photos were taken from an
>IO520 Meyers (Grand Champion at Sun-N-Fun). I took off just a few
>seconds in front of him and it took him several minutes to catch me (I
>had to keep throttling back). Initially, in a no wind condition, we were
>doing 172 knots over the ground (not full throttle). When testing this
>past Monday, I pushed it over at 1000' and held it straight/level for
>about a minute at full throttle and indicated a/s was 182 knots. If it's
>crooked somewhere--we may want to patent it.
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