Hi everyone,I haven't given any performance report on N863RK for quite some time. First of all I can't understand why I didn't build one twenty years ago, I'm taking some long cross country flights trying to get a good read on everything. My best?cruse speed is at 145 MPH?burning around?6.4 ?-?7.0 ?GPH , I think once I get my wheel pants installed I might another five miles per hour. As of now I put 82.1 hours on the hobbs and nothing has fallen off in flight. I'm really happy I stretched the fuselage forward and?aft plenty of leg room?and it handles great.?Today I took off from M54?runway 1?winds were 280 @8 gusting 14 this one?of the?things I love about this bird cross winds?are no?a problem, I've done landings with 19 knts cross winds feeling comfortable. Last week I loaded?160 lb. in the right seat and filed the fuel tanks with 23.5 gal. with me @ 215lb I was @ I was 1363.23 gross with no handling issues.Hope to see everyone at the gathering.?
On Sunday, March 20, 2016 5:26 PM, Mark Jones via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: Well I was finally able to make my second flight of 2016 today. What a gorgeous flight it was. Temps were at 39 degrees F and the winds were 10 mph almost straight down runway 30. After climbing to 7000? and on top of scattered cumulus clouds I just relaxed and let all the stress of the last two weeks go away. You see, I sold my home (close tomorrow) and have been packing and storing everything we own for our big move to Clearwater, Florida. The only sad part about moving is that we have to wait till school is out. We can not wait to become Floridians!!! Does anyone in the Tampa area know of any hangers for rent preferably private but I at this point I will take anything I can get.? Mark Jones (N886MJ) Stevens Point, WI E-mail: flykr2s at charter.net Web: www.flykr2s.com _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.orgto change options
