Hi, I forgot the piper 180 that took 2 hours to climb to 8k feet in the downhill (read downwind) side of a mountain range.
I have never gotten anything naturally aspirated to 10k. Perhaps I did not have the time to wait (or the distance).. jg Gotta get high fast.. On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 21:42 -0500, D Lively wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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
