REFLECTOR: Economy Cruise

[Ron N VelocityXLFG]

Two plane are better than 1
On 5/30/2013 2:06 PM, Mark Magee wrote:
> All,
> My bird is XLFG IO540 300HP MT CS prop (two PMAGS on pre-order) and 
> I'm needing some performance data feedback. I may be daily 'commuting' 
> in the bird a 62 NM one way hop, 4 or 5 days per week. Both airports 
> about 2,000 ft MSL. I'm thinking I can remain fairly efficient if I 
> lean on climb, climb to only 6,000 MSL at 130KT climb then back down 
> to 23 squared power and shoot for 150 KT cruise. I know this bird 
> isn't optimized for the short hop, yet I may need it to perform there. 
> With the P-Mags if I could keep the fuel burn under 10GPH on the round 
> trip I won't have to go to the mat with my wife that I need a(n) 
> (additional) Long EZ for this new mission... :)
> What do you guys think?
>
> Mark B. Magee
> N34XL
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>
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