---------------------------------------------------------- Rocket-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 09/21/09: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:44 PM - Trip Report FL-CO and back! (Rob Ray) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:44:51 PM PST US From: Rob Ray Subject: Rocket-List: Trip Report FL-CO and back! Gentlemen, -The list has been pretty quiet so here is a trip report. We just flew ou r HR2 out to CO from our FL swamp strip home for our first vacation in a lo ng time. The plan was to camp on a grass strip in the Rockies at 8250' MSL for a week of fall colors, camping and hiking and return home, round trip a lmost 3500 NM. We also planned to land on as many grass strips en route as we could.-- Mission accomplished, well except for a a couple of paved e xcursions. I marveled at the amazing numbers my 15 year-old girl posted. De spite her almost 1000 hour airframe, the efficiency was evident. I have GAM I injectors and an otherwise stock airframe with big tires and wheel-pants for my off pavement operations. Flying economy cruise the entire trip I sti ll managed an average of 10.7 GPH at 179.7 knots GS. With 10 gallon tip tan ks (54 total) we did a leg from Dallas to central CO and still landed with 16 gallons! When we left two fellow campers with highly modified C-185 and C-206's watched us leave. We rolled about 600 feet and jumped off for a, well, Rocket launch! Several times on the home leg I saw 200+ Knots GS a t under 10GPH!- I miss the F-16, but this is the next best thing! SmokeyHR2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJEX3hdXqw=0A=0A=0A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rocket-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Rocket-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/rocket-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rocket-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.