That's a glide ratio of just over 13 to 1, you must have a very clean plane or you are producing some thrust.
Is this with the engine stopped or with it set to some idle rpm? Denny ... --- ifly...@aol.com wrote: > The only real test on glide ratios that I have done > brings me to conclude > that my plane at 90 mph best glide (assumed) gives > me about 2.5 miles for every > 1000 feet of altitude lost. Im not sure of the > actual ratio but I try to > fly a minimum of 5000 AGL when possible - usually > higher - on long cross country > flights to always give me the best possible margins > of safety and > performance. I can normally land at an airport > anywhere along most routes I take when > properly planned. Sometimes weather interfers but > then I change my routing > to a less direct route and fly airport to airport. > When I fly around here I > have made notes on my charts and waypoints in my GPS > as to where all the > private strips are at. Many are not on charts and I > have found many that help me > make more direct paths- especially when I fly > southeast of Valdosta I can > choose to fly 35 minutes over swamp with no landing > strips in sight or take a > slightly less direct route and add only 3 minutes > but be in gliding distance > of an airport (private and paved) during the entire > route. I prefer the > longer route as it causes less of a "pucker" > factor. This sound very different > in an airplane when flying over water or snake > infested swamps. I will also > fly above broken and scattered layers on long cross > country flights rather > than fly low. Jusr be careful not to fly over > solid layers where you run out of > options to descend. The use of GPS is nice during > these flights. At 9,000 > - 14000 the air is cool, usually calm and more > stable. I would sacrifice > speed due to headwind for a higher altitude > anytime. The KR is efficient enough > to allow this and a few minutes extra is a small > sacrifice for safety. Ive > done many flights above 9000 and enjoy it. This > airplane climb very fast and > will do even better with the turbo (in progress). > All this is a just a reminder that flying can be > hazardous to ones > health - plan and think accordingly. An engine > rebuild is a small price to pay > when considering the cost of your life and the loss > and effects on family and > friends. I fly for fun and for business. I plan > to do so as long as I can. > It is something I enjoy and I enjoy sharing it with > my friends. Im not > scared to fly though it has given my a scare a time > or two, but no more than > driving at night and scaring myself when I doze off > for a split second. I > sometimes see pilots who are overconfident of a > "production" aircraft and engine > and dont fly accordingly. I myself have looked > back and wondered why I flew > so low in a 150 on a cross country flight and > realized that I assumed nothing > could go wrong yet give myself more margins with my > plane that I built > myself. The 150 was a rental I knew little about, > its damage history, repairs, did > the last pilot not mention a problem, > maintenance...and so forth. Yet many > times I hopped in and flew with confidence, and now > I believe it to be > overconfidence. Airplanes are mechanical things and > they DO break. We just have > to learn to fly preemtively and build to the best of > our ability. Dont be > scared to build - get help when needed - build with > safety in mind and learn > from those of us who have broken things or made poor > choices. I think all of > us have invaluable build and flight information > that can inspire and motivate > others and ourselves to enjoy the wonder of flight. > > So Mark Langford - he will get his engine fixed, > do the repairs and > tweaking and be back in the air soon - KUDOS to him > And Bob Lester - recuperating from his back > injury - doing well - and he > is in the process of building new main spars fand > engine for his plane to > get him airborne again - KUDOS to him as well - > KUDOS to all who pick up the pieces and go on. > You are inspirational to > us all and make us proud to be in the KR family. > > Bill and N41768 > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic." Scott Ritter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
