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1. 05:37 AM - Re: MPG (Scotty)
2. 06:08 AM - Re: MPG (N1BZRich@aol.com)
3. 09:41 AM - Re: MPG (Brian Whittingham)
4. 11:04 AM - To Buz Re: cleaning up my plane (Charles Dewey)
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This should be easy to beat by a Lightning. At the advertised 175 MPH at 5.5 GPH
on the web site the rate is 31.8 mpg (which stomps most cars). At 165 mph
it drops to 30.0, and even at 150 the rate is still 27.3 - - AND (great big AND)
- - this is not even reducing the fuel burn rate for reduced speed.
Of course this is not correcting for ground miles vs. air miles, altitude, temperature,
and all that mystical stuff. It shouldn't be all that different at the
altitudes we fly.
I hope some lucky owner will go out and throw down a real record to be beat. Put
some wheel pants on and go get em Earl.
Scotty
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Does anyone know what the specific rules are for the new NAA's "Aeroplane
Efficiency" category? Is it just MPG or do you have to carry some specific
weight or some % or gross weight, or do you have to fly some specific distance,
or a combination of above? If it is just MPG, yes the numbers quoted would
be easy to beat. I have averaged over 30 mpg on most of my extended cross
countries. I can just imagine what some motor glider could achieve. So there
must be more to this new category than just MPG.
Blue Skies,
Buz
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I know that I've done a little over a 200 mile leg and burned about 6 gallo
ns of gas. Should be about33 mpg. Still, I bet none of your cars get that
. Can you say that about a Piper or a Cessna? Can you even saythat about
a Cirrus? Brian W.
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| Subject: | To Buz re: cleaning up my plane |
Buz- I was talking to Ryan @ Green Landings and he
said you did a great job cleaning up your plane to get
it to go much faster than any esqual lightning hybrid
should go. I'm looking for someone who can help clean
up my plane. The plane is located at Green Landings in
WV. Would you or anyone you know be willing to put in
the time to do it, with pay, of course. I want my
plane to really be ale to come close to the Lightning
published cruise speed. Right now I think I am about
20-25 mph off that mark. Ryan said with the new wood
prop and wheel pants on I will get closer, probably
within 10-15 mph of the magical 175. It also doesn't
help that I have extra weight witht the brs install. I
would be willing to work along side with you and put
you up in a hotel in WV and cover expenses. I really,
really want my Lightning to be as fast as possible.
Charles
--- Brian Whittingham <dashvii@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I know that I've done a little over a 200 mile leg
> and burned about 6 gallons of gas. Should be
> about33 mpg. Still, I bet none of your cars get
> that. Can you say that about a Piper or a Cessna?
> Can you even saythat about a Cirrus? Brian W.
>
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