We're planning a short cross country race here and wanted to plan intervals for the aircraft. What sort of speeds are you Rocket drivers seeing at say 6-8000 feet?
Mine is not a rocket. Buts its ball park. You could ad ~5kts to get a rocket speed. Course I have out run a couple in head to heads. But Im giving em 5kts on the shorter wing to make em feel better. Im sorry, was I bragging?
You can find lots of performance data here.
http://mstewart.net/super8/performance/propcomparisons.htm
Best,
All of my performance data has been posted for all to see and nit pick.
My best ever seen on the efis straight and level was 206KTAS. That
Im just messin with you rocket guys. You are faster. I conceed. Clearly my longer wings bust me out on the running.
I do like the head to heads though, especially against the 3 blade fellas.
Dont get your panties in a waad when I pick at ya. The rockets are awesome, and indeed faster. The only 2 I have run against both had 3 blades. Both were out run by a knot or 2. You can see by my 3 blade data that it is a distinct disadvantage.
Best,
Hi Tom
When the sport races are ran what altitude do they run at? are the speeds recorded from a standing start over the distance,or is it a running start?
Hi Tom
When the sport races are ran what altitude do they run at? are the speeds recorded from a standing start over the distance,or is it a running start?