I flew an Arrow-III up to Minneapolis and back this past weekend. Even with a CAS of 135 kts, I had a GS of about 80-88 kts the whole way up to Minneapolis at 6000 feet because of a cold front moving through. On the way back, I had a great tailwind and at 9000 feet I was at 130 kts CAS and 194 kts GS. With a top speed of 217 kts GS on a descent from 9000 to 7000 feet.
If you have an idea of what types of numbers you would like to get in terms of performance data.. I can try and get some on the Arrow and an Archer. I also have manuals for the Arrow and the Archer if that would be helpful. Do we have a central place we could store this stuff? I hope to get checked out in a Mooney 201 Turbo soon.. 174 kts CAS on 12-13 GPH! Anyway.. congrats on the purchase. It looks like a nice plane.. wish I had the guts to pull the trigger and buy my own plane, but with the job market the way it is.. I can't afford to make that purchase right now. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Megginson Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:00 AM To: flightgear-devel Subject: [Flightgear-devel] PA-28-161 C-FBJO After a few months of dithering, searching, and researching, I've bought a used plane, a 1979 160 HP Piper Warrior II with (mostly) King IFR radios. It will be at least a few days before I actually take legal ownership, but it is parked safely at the flying club waiting for me. I am quite impressed with the handling compared to the 172's I've flown. Here are some pics: http://www.megginson.com/private/C-FBJO/ I originally saw the plane when I went to Toronto to try out a Cardinal (which I didn't like), but it wasn't possible to fly the plane then because the annual wasn't finished. I did a test flight and had my AME do a detailed prepurchase yesterday. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
