John: I would say that your proposed use of a turbo charger is its best use but personally have flown C-172s to 13,000 & C-182s to over 15000' for short periods but view 12,500 ft about the limit for sustained operation by a non-smoking pilot or passenger without Oxygen. I believe the craft you site all have service cielings in the 14000 area anyway. Beware of over-boosting as it can be hard on engines and shorten their life.
Having been in and out of Prescott AZ several times as well as high density altitude conditions in the Calif. Central Valley and those of the CA deserts I can understand your position very well. Don Lively -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <johng...@comcast.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:11 PM Subject: KR> Turbo to maintain Sealevel intake manifold pressure > > > I just made a deposit on a new long block 2180 for > my KR2. > > I am in the Seattle area and virtualy surrounded by mountains. > > I have only 150 hours PIC, but in a pretty wide variety of > craft (C-150, Musketeer, C-172, Champ, C-120, > C-150 Long range, beech 1900 etc... All of them seem (except the 1900) > to run out of "guts" at about 9K feet. I can't remember ever making 10k > feet, they all were naturally aspirated. Going over a 4k to 6k mountain > range just to leave town leaves me wanting to clear those "Don't land > here" speed bumps by oh, say, 5k or 6k ft. Can't get there from > "naturally aspirated" here. > > I am not a speed or performance demon. I fly like I drive: > sort of slow and methodical. But I want to clear those rocks > (and the bigger ones east of there) by a wider margin. > > So,, I want a turbo charger. I can find one, but I have not been able > to find a controller for the waste gate that will limit the intake > manifold pressure to 29.92 inches of mercury. Or I suppose > open the waste gate at 3700 rpm. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > jg > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
