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Need some input from anyone that ownes a Alon A2. I purchased this aircraft last fall and have not been able to fly it again til yesterday due to operating out of a grass strip that has not been suitable until now due to the weather. I did mke about 5 take off's and landings out of this airstrip in the fall prior to the bad weather. My problem is this: I took off yesterday into a 8 - 10 MPH quartering head wind on a near level 2000' grass runway (grass about 3-4" high) with 60' trees 50 yrds off the end off the runway. It took me over 1000' to get 65 MPH and in the air and I had to turn to the left to avoid the tree tops ( needless to say it scared the hell out of me). This plane is a 1996 A2 w/ C90-16F Contnetal engine w/ a McCauley 11390/CM7150 prop Rated at Static RPM 2175 -2275 Max Engine 2475 RPM - Aircraft TT 2898 TTSMO 1085 At time of take off I was indicating 2150 RPM - The Temp 60 deg - Field Elv 715' Barm.Preasure 30.2 LOADING :Full fuel and me @ 250 lbs According to the manual I should not need more then 5 -600 feet for takeoff. I have flown this aircraft off a paved runway with the pervious owner at gross weight prior to purchase in 90 deg summer heat and it performed better then this. If I would have had any additional weight on board I do not think I would have gotten out. In fact in retrospect I should have aborted the takeoff. My question is, is this the type performace I should expect or do I have a problem. Like needing a longer runway or worse a new engine. ( Don't say loose some weight off your lard ass, I already thought of that) I thought I should be seeing close to red line at full thottle 9on take off roll like I did in my 182. The 182 required a power reduction as soon as you established a climb to avoid going past the redline. The Alon will not even get near the redline. Is it possible to be showing listed 2175 static RPM at full throttle and not developing full rated horsepower Any constructive comments would be apreciated. Bob Bullock Alon A2 N5621F Maryland ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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