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From: Tri-Q1
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Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:37 PM
Subject: [Q-LIST] Re: Anyone know gross for Q1 ?



Chris, so your 130mph is at 5200rpn.
What prop do you use and Dia. & pitch /

Ryan


--- In Q-LIST@..., Dorothea Keats and Chris Walterson
<dkeats@n...> wrote:
> Ralph-------- As the other post said, the plans for the Super
Quickie
> mods are in the files in the Q list.
> Ryan---------- The fuel burn gets pretty scarey in the 6,000 rpm
range.
> Must be 5 gph. Throttle back to 5200 and it's around 3.5 . With
the 8
> US gallons on board I get about 1 1/2 hrs at a resonable cruise and
then
> I'm into my reserve.
> As for the gross weight , In Canada as long as we can get our 300fpm
> climb rate at gross, that can be our new gross. We need to stay
within
> the "utility" cataglory for G loading. I think it's 3.7. With
the
> amount of weight I carry and the wing area I end up at 13 lbs per
sq .
> ft. If I went to 13.3 lbs per Sq ft, the airplane would be
classified
> as High performance and I would need another rating. Or you can
try to
> convince Transport Canada that the elevators act as flaps and then
you
> can get a higher wing loading. With me and fuel I'm at 580 and
someday I
> may install and aux. fuel tank, but for now my 1400fpm climb blows
the
> carbon out of my arteries, just fine ------------ canada chris





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