akkeystone@gmail.com
Joined: 12 May 2013 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:31 am Post subject: No Title |
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Hi
What speed does everyone else use use for best angle and best rate of climb in their 801s? I use 70 MPH for both. I could not get my airspeed to stabilize enough to get more accurate.
What about best glide speed? Longest distance and longest time. I tried 68 MPH and got a 850' drop which gives a glide ratio or 7:1. Last fall after I pulled the 801 off floats I was doing some touch and goes and it looked like I glided a lot farther at 80 MPH than 70 MPH.
Does anyone have any data to share?
Here are my calculations for glide ratio:
68mph=100ft/sec=6000ft/min
6000 ft/min / 850 ft/min= 7:1
N801BW
Bill Wilcox
Soldotna, AK summer
Casa Grande, AZ winter
The 801 is in the hanger for the winter
800 hrs with 100 on floats
I posted this question on the Zenith.aero site. Ben, Ray and Dan answered. Is there anyone else that flys an 801 that has experimented with this?
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