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1. 05:48 AM - Re: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh (Graham Brighton)
2. 06:52 AM - Re: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh (Galin Hernandez)
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| Subject: | Re: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh |
Hi Galin ,
Thanks for sharing .. luved the pics .. what a
fabulous looking aircraft ... can u let us know how the trip progressed
.. was the trip staged over several days or or .. ? what was the
performance like ...? how does it compare with your Cruiser etc .. ? Is
it in production ? ... sorry so many questions !
Thanks again,
Graham
TR1 #80
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From: Galin Hernandez
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2022 12:32 PM
Subject: KIS-List: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh
I delivered the VOLATO 400 (PR-ZVL) from St. Augustine to Oshkosh today.
It was a LONG trip but I enjoyed it.
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| Subject: | Re: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh |
I made the trip from St. Augustine to Oshkosh in 1 very long day leaving at
7:30 EDT and arriving at 4:45 CDT. Since the airplane is VFR only with no
ADS-B, I had to avoid Class B and C airspaces. That added about 1.5hr to
the entire flight time with the flying uneventful. But the fuel farm was
not working at the 1st place I stopped for fuel (KMNV) so I had to go to
another airport (KRKW) to fuel up.
While over the FISKE arrival point the controller asked if it was a VELOCE
to which I answered "yes". He said "cool", welcomed me to Oshkosh and said
"I want to see it up close".
But the "funniest" part was that when I landed, the required parking sign I
made [ *HBE - BOOTH 439* ] slid down the glareshield lodging itself behind
the instrument panel where I could not get to it. You can see it in the
attached photo. The volunteers could not tell where I was supposed to go
and it also had all the Oshkosh frequencies so I wound up at the end of a
closed taxiway. I finally was able to contact Airventure ground and they
coordinated the rest. At one point a volunteer came up to the airplane and
started talking in Portuguese to me. He saw the Brazilian flag and Tail
number on the airplane so he assumed I was Brazilian.
I am scheduled to bring the airplane back to St. Augustine on Jul 31st.
This airplane has an IO-390 (210hp) engine with a constant speed prop while
mine has an O-360 (180hp) with a fixed pitch prop. Needless to say, it
accelerates much quicker and jumps off the runway. Very impressive on the
climbout. FWIW I feel the MGL Odyssey EFIS has not been calibrated for this
airplane so I am not sure about the actual numbers. I flew at 8,500ft, 25"
MP and 2500rpm's and it showed me cruising at 142 KTAS with just under
10gph fuel burn. When approaching OSHKOSH at 90KIs (19" MP and 2100rpm's) I
had a fuel burn of 6gph. At these settings the CHT's were just under 380F.
The airplane is a side stick (not sure I like it) but it has the Cirrus
style doors which I like a LOT. Being a side stick the seats are adjustable
which is a good thing. It also has a large baggage compartment door which I
love. The seats in this airplane are beautiful leather, but they are so big
it is hard for a chubby guy like me to get in and out of. They also don't
recline so they are not very comfortable on long flights. There are 2 ferry
tanks in the rear seats so I can't say how comfortable it is back there.
AFAIK there are 7 already flying in Brazil, the kit is in production and
there is a "builder assist" facility in Sandersville, GA. You would have to
ask Jaime for details.
On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 8:48 AM Graham Brighton <gbrighton@skymesh.com.au>
wrote:
> Hi Galin ,
> Thanks for sharing .. luved the pics .. what a fabulous
> looking aircraft ... can u let us know how the trip progressed .. was the
> trip staged over several days or or .. ? what was the performance like ...?
> how does it compare with your Cruiser etc .. ? Is it in production ? ...
> sorry so many questions !
> Thanks again,
> Graham
> TR1 #80
>
> .
>
> *From:* Galin Hernandez <galinhdz@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 23, 2022 12:32 PM
> *To:* kis-list@matronics.com
> *Subject:* KIS-List: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh
>
> I delivered the VOLATO 400 (PR-ZVL) from St. Augustine to Oshkosh today.
> It was a LONG trip but I enjoyed it.
>
>
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