I was encouraged to post this on Van's Air Force's website, so here goes. After all the terrible weather last week, we needed a window of decent weather to return to Texas from SoCal. We had no idea of just how great the flight would be. Kind of wondering if anyone else has seen these kind of ground sppeds in their RV's. Flying with half throttle, 2,230rpm, climbing at 200fpm, at 15,480', and LOP, we saw . IAS = 154mph, TAS = 198mph, Ground Speed (GPS) = 266kts, or 306mph, wind speed = 110mph.
The second picture taken 72nm earlier shows 301mph, climbing 300fpm, and 8.7gph, which is almost 35mpg.
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Don McDonald 0TX1
RV10 40636 1,100 hours and loving it.
The second picture taken 72nm earlier shows 301mph, climbing 300fpm, and 8.7gph, which is almost 35mpg.
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Don McDonald 0TX1
RV10 40636 1,100 hours and loving it.
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