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smokyray(at)rocketmail.co
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 Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject: Trip Report FL-CO and back! |
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Gentlemen,
The list has been pretty quiet so here is a trip report. We just flew our HR2 out to CO from our FL swamp strip home for our first vacation in a long 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 almost 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 excursions. I marveled at the amazing numbers my 15 year-old girl posted. Despite her almost 1000 hour airframe, the efficiency was evident. I have GAMI injectors and an otherwise stock airframe with big tires and wheel-pants for my off pavement operations. Flying economy cruise the entire trip I still managed an average of 10.7 GPH at 179.7 knots GS. With 10 gallon tip tanks (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 at under 10GPH!
I miss the F-16, but this is the next best thing!
Smokey
HR2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJEX3hdXqw
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im7shannon(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: Trip Report FL-CO and back! |
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Great to hear others are getting in some quality Rocket time! I have been using mine to commute home on weekends from Montana to Washington State Olympic Penninsula, about an 800 mile round trip and have been seeing similar numbers. I have Gamis and EI also and usually run LOP unless there is much of a headwind to deal with. Its great to leave Montana at 5 local time and get home at 6 local time, and use only 20 gallons of fuel.
I have 160 hours on it now since my first flight last summer, the more I fly it the more I love it!
Kevin Shannon
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HR!!
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