REFLECTOR: Velo Flat Plate Area

[Mark Magee]

Are those Pantheras made in Transylvania?
I've always shied away from flying planes made in Transylvania.
Gremlins, beasties ect...

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:

> I'll tell you whats even more interesting"
>
> The Panther Hybrid, essentially the same airframe as a Panthera  with a
> different power plant.  All the speeds are identical except cruise.
>
> Panthera Hybrid HP 195 equiv,  cruise 145 ktas
> Panthera        HP 210         cruise 200 ktas
>
> How do they get 55 knots with an additional 15 HP?
>
> I think this a Marketing Math, again...
>
> Scott
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Velo Flat Plate Area
> From: Richard J. Gentil <richard at naples-air-center.com**>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Date: 04/23/2012 12:58 PM
>
>  With the announcement of the specs for the Pipistrel Panthera being 4 pax
>> at 200kts burning 10gph with a 1,000nm range with an IO-390, the same power
>> plant as my SERG, stared me wondering what the flat plate drag is for my
>> aircraft since the Panthera is outperforming the SERG.
>>
>> Has anyone done the calculations for the flat plate area or knows what
>> that number is for the SERG?
>>
>> Richard
>>
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