On a hot day my motor glider is lucky to get 100' per minute at see level :-(
-----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 6:12 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> service ceiling John Skorczewski wrote: > I have a question from your recent posting. What is the sevice ceiling for > a Kr-2s with a corvair engine? I have seen many stats concerning the plane > and the engine---but not that one. Any info? The definition of service ceiling is the altitude at which the rate of climb is reduced to 100' per minute. I can't answer that question, but on my plane, it's higher than 17,500', but not a lot higher. Sounds like a test is in order...
