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Jimmy Young

Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Posts: 182
Location: Missouri City, TX

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:29 am Post subject: Saturday flight

Kolbers,



I had a great day of flying the Firestar on Saturday. We had 75 deg., clear skys, & light winds and I departed Bailes Field at 11 AM. I ended up in Brenham TX around 2 PM, got some lunch, and came out to find either some admirers or critics fondeling my plane. I get nervous when I see people actually touching my plane. I topped off the tanks and headed home, and had covered 295 miles with 5.3 hrs on the engine when the day was done. 



I have found the HKS likes to run at about 5200-5300 rpm. At that setting the plane stays pretty well perfectly trimmed out and cruises about 58 mph. I've got 55 hrs on it to date, and so far it's been trouble free and a good performer.

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Kolb FS II/HKS 700

slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:32 am Post subject: Saturday flight

Jimmy, how about when at a fly in someone opens your door and plops  

his kid down in the seat?

-thought I'd seen it all.

BB

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On 25, Oct 2009, at 8:29 AM, Jimmy Young wrote:



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 Kolbers,



 I had a great day of flying the Firestar on Saturday. We had 75  

 deg., clear skys, & light winds and I departed Bailes Field at 11  

 AM. I ended up in Brenham TX around 2 PM, got some lunch, and came  

 out to find either some admirers or critics fondeling my plane. I  

 get nervous when I see people actually touching my plane. I topped  

 off the tanks and headed home, and had covered 295 miles with 5.3  

 hrs on the engine when the day was done.



 I have found the HKS likes to run at about 5200-5300 rpm. At that  

 setting the plane stays pretty well perfectly trimmed out and  

 cruises about 58 mph. I've got 55 hrs on it to date, and so far it's  

 been trouble free and a good performer.



 --------

 Jimmy Young

 Houston, TX

 FS II, HKS 700

 N7043P





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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:46 am Post subject: Saturday flight

Hi Jim,



Sounds like you had a nice day. Looking forward to meeting you.



Frank Goodnight

Firestar2

Brownsville , TX.



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On Oct 25, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Jimmy Young wrote:



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 Kolbers,



 I had a great day of flying the Firestar on Saturday. We had 75  

 deg., clear skys, & light winds and I departed Bailes Field at 11  

 AM. I ended up in Brenham TX around 2 PM, got some lunch, and came  

 out to find either some admirers or critics fondeling my plane. I  

 get nervous when I see people actually touching my plane. I topped  

 off the tanks and headed home, and had covered 295 miles with 5.3  

 hrs on the engine when the day was done.



 I have found the HKS likes to run at about 5200-5300 rpm. At that  

 setting the plane stays pretty well perfectly trimmed out and  

 cruises about 58 mph. I've got 55 hrs on it to date, and so far it's  

 been trouble free and a good performer.



 --------

 Jimmy Young

 Houston, TX

 FS II, HKS 700

 N7043P





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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:10 am Post subject: Saturday flight

Hey Jimmy,

What kind of average fuel consumption are you seeing on your bird 

running at that cruise power level.  And what are you running for a 

prop.  Just curious.



Interesting you track the miles you have flown.  I have a Magellan 

315 GPS and one of the features is a trip counter -  I couldn't 

believe it that in the flying I've done over a short period I had 

several thousand miles.  Adds up quick.

jerb



At 05:29 AM 10/25/2009, you wrote:

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Kolbers,



I had a great day of flying the Firestar on Saturday. We had 75 

deg., clear skys, & light winds and I departed Bailes Field at 11 

AM. I ended up in Brenham TX around 2 PM, got some lunch, and came 

out to find either some admirers or critics fondeling my plane. I 

get nervous when I see people actually touching my plane. I topped 

off the tanks and headed home, and had covered 295 miles with 5.3 

hrs on the engine when the day was done.



I have found the HKS likes to run at about 5200-5300 rpm. At that 

setting the plane stays pretty well perfectly trimmed out and 

cruises about 58 mph. I've got 55 hrs on it to date, and so far it's 

been trouble free and a good performer.



--------

Jimmy Young

Houston, TX

FS II, HKS 700

N7043P





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Jimmy Young

Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Posts: 182
Location: Missouri City, TX

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Saturday flight

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		  What kind of average fuel consumption are you seeing on your bird 

running at that cruise power level. And what are you running for a 

prop. 	




Jerb, 



It burns somehwere close to 2 1/2 gph. I've have not done a real acurate check to date, that's just my best guess. I need to do a long X-country and calculate the fuel & hrs to have a number that meant anything. My prop is a 2 blade 66" Powerfin.

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