Author: "bryanwoodrv9a" <brywd@...> Time: Tue Apr 5, 2005 12:02 pm PDT Link
Hello all,
I just delivered the airplane to the paint shop covering 1300nm's
enroute. The plane did wonderful and thought some of you might want
to know how the planes you are building do on long trips like this.
For the most part the comfort level was really good, but at times I
started to get a little restless looking for room to stretch my legs
a bit. I'm 6' 2" tall and the joints started aching at times. My
seats were made by Becky Ornduff and she used comfor foam which made
the trip as comfortable as I could have hoped for.
I made the trip from CA to Texas at 11,500 most of the way hoping for
tailwinds which were not really that strong or always there for the
taking. The total flying time was right at 8 hours with an average
speed of 163 knots. This was average block times including climb at
106 knots. The lowest groundspeed the 9A posted during cruise was
152 knots, and the high was 188 knots. Power settings were full
throttle, 2600 rpm, 50 degrees rich of peak, and the fuel burn was
7.8gph. There was room for more agressive leaning but I've started
running rich trying to make the engine last.
As for the climbs... A non issue. The plane always reached cruise
altitude faster than I had flight planned for and always surprised me
just how capable the airplane is.
Turbulance... About one hour of continous light and occasional
moderate that really wore me out. The plane did great though and
there were no ugly tendencies that showed up.
Sunburn... I have the Koger sunshade and arrived with a sunburn
anyway on my face and had chills and low grade fever the first
night. Down the hatch with some motrin and the sunburns effects were
gone. Note to self, wear suncreen in the future.
Headsets... I bought the Lightspeed QFR's with noise cancelling
because headroom was an issue and needed low profile headsets. The
comfort was really good and the noise level in flight was great. My
glasses dug grooves behind my head though and after a few hours I had
to reposition the glasses to dig in somewhere else. The headsets
always resealed and kept noise out however I set my glasses.
Overall, very comfortable.
My overall impression of the trip... Great! It took me 8 hours to
get there and 3hours 45 minutes to get home on the airliner. This
kind of endurance needs to be built up over time. The trip really
tired me out and I took the day off today to just recover.
Blue skies,
Bryan
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Author: "Frank" <fthor@...> Time: Tue Apr 5, 2005 4:03 pm PDT Link
Sounds great Bryan, but how may hours did you wait on the ground for that 3 hr. 45 min. flight. Everyone forgets to add that in when comparing enroute times.
Thanks
Frank
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From: bryanwoodrv9a
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Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: [RV-9A] Just back from a 1300nm trip in the 9A
Hello all,
I just delivered the airplane to the paint shop covering 1300nm's
enroute. The plane did wonderful and thought some of you might want
to know how the planes you are building do on long trips like this.
For the most part the comfort level was really good, but at times I
started to get a little restless looking for room to stretch my legs
a bit. I'm 6' 2" tall and the joints started aching at times. My
seats were made by Becky Ornduff and she used comfor foam which made
the trip as comfortable as I could have hoped for.
I made the trip from CA to Texas at 11,500 most of the way hoping for
tailwinds which were not really that strong or always there for the
taking. The total flying time was right at 8 hours with an average
speed of 163 knots. This was average block times including climb at
106 knots. The lowest groundspeed the 9A posted during cruise was
152 knots, and the high was 188 knots. Power settings were full
throttle, 2600 rpm, 50 degrees rich of peak, and the fuel burn was
7.8gph. There was room for more agressive leaning but I've started
running rich trying to make the engine last.
As for the climbs... A non issue. The plane always reached cruise
altitude faster than I had flight planned for and always surprised me
just how capable the airplane is.
Turbulance... About one hour of continous light and occasional
moderate that really wore me out. The plane did great though and
there were no ugly tendencies that showed up.
Sunburn... I have the Koger sunshade and arrived with a sunburn
anyway on my face and had chills and low grade fever the first
night. Down the hatch with some motrin and the sunburns effects were
gone. Note to self, wear suncreen in the future.
Headsets... I bought the Lightspeed QFR's with noise cancelling
because headroom was an issue and needed low profile headsets. The
comfort was really good and the noise level in flight was great. My
glasses dug grooves behind my head though and after a few hours I had
to reposition the glasses to dig in somewhere else. The headsets
always resealed and kept noise out however I set my glasses.
Overall, very comfortable.
My overall impression of the trip... Great! It took me 8 hours to
get there and 3hours 45 minutes to get home on the airliner. This
kind of endurance needs to be built up over time. The trip really
tired me out and I took the day off today to just recover.
Blue skies,
Bryan
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Author: Michael Schipper <mike@...> Time: Tue Apr 5, 2005 6:55 pm PDT Link
Bryan,
That's very interesting information, thanks for sharing it with us. I
am 6'2" as well, and I have wondered about what "long trips" would be
like.
I am in Texas. Where did you drop your plane for painting?
Mike Schipper
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www.my9a.com
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