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Hello Again Rick, Rusty phoned from (LBO)Lebanon MO (Floyd W. Jones Lebanon Airport). Duat shows that to be about 4:45 hours from 0D1 with no wind. If the weather permits, you should see him around noon. Richard Todd Rick Green wrote: > Thanks for all the replies on the speeds. > > Since I bought the coupe here in the FOR SALE section, I haven't seen it > > or really know how she flies. I bought it for my wife for her Christmas > > present. (She was taking my coupe way tooooo often:) > > It's on the way here from the Sacremento area to SouthWest Michigan. > > Jan Zanutto did the pre-buy on the coupe and indicates that the engine > is running strong. His friend Carl was originally going to ferry it > back, but got weathered out. Jan just indicated that Carl seemed to be > getting normal speeds and normal RPM's. > > Richard Todd hooked me up with the current pilot, Garrett. Richard owns > > a coupe 415-D and this pilot flys it around a lot in Big Bear, So > California, so he knows the high altitudes and correcting for the True > vs.Indicated airspeeds. I keep missing connections with my pilot, so > he goes thru Richard a lot. He says that the GPS is showing about 80 > knots (92mph) for Groundspeed also. I'll know more tonight when he > checks in. > > Richard did say that the engine sounded really good and seems to run > strong. There was some concern about it getting off the ground from Big > > Bear (elev 6500 I think, maybe higher) and took longer rollout than > Richard's coupe which is supposed to be identical. 85 hp 7148 pitch > prop. Fortunately my pilot, Garrett, indicates that the engine is > running fine. > > With the lower RPM, there is some speculation that the prop may have > been overpitched in the cruise setting - yet not getting the speed up. > Especially since it didn't jump off the runway. On the other hand, he > got up to 11,500 MSL with no problem. I'll have it checked out > thoroughly when it gets here. > > There have been strong winds along the route - at least as I check it > from work. Today, he should get a strong tailwind. > > For anyone who is interested, the route so far has been: > > Leg 1: Davis, CA to Fresno to Big Bear, CA > > * One day at Big Bear for a professional polish by Richard Todd at the > WingWaxers headquarters. Richard even sent photos of the work in > progress. Thanks > > Day 2 (Thursday 12-20) > > Leg 2: Big Bear, CA to Sedona, AZ > Leg 3: Sedona, AZ to Edgewood, NM > > Day Three (Friday 12-21) > > Leg 4: Edgewood, NM to Clayton, OK > Leg 5: Clayton, OK to Springfield, MO > > Havent heard the latest - but the plan is to make it somewhere by St. > Louis tonight. > > Weather has been good for him, but there is a strong storm system moving > > in behind, so I hope he's here by tomorrow noon. > > As a plus, he indicates that the fuel burn is phenomenal - leaned out > for altitude and getting about 4.5 gph and at one point 4.3 gph. > > That's why I love the coupes. Fun flying at a fraction of the cost! > > > Rick Green Jennifer Green > N93686 415 C N3814H 415 D > South Haven MI Enroute home > > > Richard Todd ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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