---------------------------------------------------------- KIS-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 07/23/22: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:48 AM - Re: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh (Graham Brighton) 2. 06:52 AM - Re: VOLATO 400 to Oshkosh (Galin Hernandez) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:48:10 AM PST US From: "Graham Brighton" Subject: Re: KIS-List: 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 .. 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. Virus-free. www.avg.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:52:16 AM PST US From: Galin Hernandez Subject: Re: KIS-List: 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 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 > *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. > > > Virus-free. > www.avg.com <#m_8113935476063272680_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kis-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/KIS-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kis-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kis-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.