Check your airspeed indicator, wash & wax the plane, get some old bastard who knows what he's doing to rig it, and finally if you want to go fast, buy a Bonanza! Good Luck Al
Jack Lewis wrote: > Coupers: > > I've never get the speed from my coupe that everyone else > seems to get. > > I've tried changing the trim, not a big help. > Increased RPMs to about 2350 rpm. Could go with more but don't > think that would be wise. Even wide open I get only about 90. > Have verified my Air Speed Indicator using a GPS and > this seems to work fine. > I do have a climb prop. > > The best speed I can get on a level flight is 85. > I have got 105 in a deep dive. > > I'm beginning to believe that the speed I've been quoted > is like gas mileage on a car. > "It's mostly wishful thinking." > > So my questions are: > > Can a coupe really do 100? > > If so, what am I missing? What else should I try? > Is it the climb prop, trim, rpms, technique? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ___ > |__/_ )\__| > ________________| 0 |________________ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^\(_ /^|^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > | | | > ( ( ) > > Jack Lewis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ERCOUPE > SN-1692 415-C > N99069 > Andrews, Murphy NC (6A3) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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