Jeff: Thats ok as hanging out much above 12.500 for long without oxygen is not such a redhot idea anyway and what would the density altitude be for the 15,500 ft alt. on a hot summerday in the SW be anyway.
You were also very close to the birds service ceing anyway which generally given as 100 ft.min at full throttle. Don -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <jscott.pi...@juno.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:53 PM Subject: KR> More Flying > Gorgeous day here in the Southwest today. That gave me an opportunity to > do some performance testing with the new prop on my KR. > > Many builders ask for performance numbers on different KRs, so below is a > set of numbers I ran this morning while documenting the performance with > the new prop. > > Rate of climb was pretty good, still showing 200+ fpm at 15,500'. As > long as I was at that altitude, I ran a series of 4 direction runs > recording the gps data and rpm at 1000' intervals down through 8500'. > I'm still trying to sort out the changes to the performance with the new > prop and decide whether to order a different prop. I saw the following > results this morning: > > Altitude MPH Knots RPM > 15,500 147.5 128.1 2500 > 14,500 152.25 132.3 2525 > 13,500 154.0 134.0 2550 > 12,500 154.75 134.5 2600 > 11,500 157.75 137.0 2650 > 10,500 159.25 138.4 2650 > 9500 160.75 139.7 2675 > 8500 163.75 142.3 2700 > > Unfortunately, I can't test any lower due to the local terrain. Oh yes, > and it's a beautiful view from up over the mountains. :o) > > Jeff Scott > N1213W > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
