Tommy Walker
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207
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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: Open Hangar Day |
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701/801 er's
Got back Monday evening from the Open Hangar event. We had a lot of fun and met several of the builders. There were some good info sessions during the open house also. Mark Townsend did a super job with his session. Also Gus is one smart guy. If you didn't look yet, check out Jon Croke's newsletter site for pictures.
Re 701 and fuel burn: During the first leg, we burned 7 gallons from the right tank and 3 from the left tank. Well on the next leg, we concentrated on keeping the wings level and heading on task. We arrived at Mexico with 3 gallons in the right tank and two in the left. The gauges indicated that the fuel burn was equal for both tanks during that leg. Could it be a problem is with the way we fly our 701's?
We had a great tailwind going up, but on the return leg we fought turbulence, wind shear and headwinds. I think we averaged about 65 mph. The gph was good though.
I am going to attach a pic (hopefully) of downwind on final returning to our home base Monday at about 6:30 PM CDT.
Tommy Walker in Alabama
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