---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 03/08/08: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:37:04 AM PST US Subject: Lightning-List: Re: MPG From: "Scotty" 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=168389#168389 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:08:51 AM PST US From: N1BZRich@aol.com Subject: Re: Lightning-List: MPG 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 **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:41:36 AM PST US From: Brian Whittingham Subject: RE: Lightning-List: MPG 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. _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail=AE-get yo ur "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:04:56 AM PST US From: Charles Dewey Subject: Lightning-List: 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 wrote: > > 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. > _________________________________________________________________ > Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need > your Hotmail-get your "fix". > http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx Never miss a thing. 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