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Tim:: Congratulations on your return to Civilian life. I have never planned more than a three hundred mile leg when I do a cross country. By so doing you never get into the header tank and three hours is about all you will want to sit for three legs a day. I would think maybe two legs will be max at this time of year. My trip would be:: San Diego to Tucson to Las Vegas NM up through Raton Pass to Pueblo Colorado to Salina Kansas, Des Moines, Rochester and Minneapolis. Maybe not exactly that route, but something similar. I have not found that the lack of climb necessarily extends the cruise range, but of course, I never really push the cruise limits of the coupe. I only did it once and it cured me forever I went from Wendover, Utah to Casper, Wyoming on a hot summer day, and I put 24 gallons of fuel in the airplane at Casper. I have no idea where the fuel came from that we burned the last half hour. Be sure to "lean" above about three thousand feet. and lean by consistent EGT of about 1300 to 1450 degrees. Wayne Woollard PS :: prepare for great Weather and culture shock! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim and Martha Briggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:17 PM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Max Range Profile > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > Ercoupers: > > I'm in the process of retiring from the Navy (22 years), moving to > Minneapolis and starting a new job. I've decided to hang onto my Ercoupe > and get into a bigger plane at some point down the road. This means I'll > be > making a long cross country in the next week or two from San Diego to > Minneapolis in my Ercoupe. My route will take me from San Diego to > Phoenix, > across New Mexico and the Texas panhandle to Oklahoma City. From OK, I'll > make a straight shot up to Minneapolis, stopping in Nebraska and Iowa > along > the way. The first few legs over the mountains and high deserts will be > done high, 7,500-9,500. With my O-200 and 69" prop, I know at my typical > cruise power setting of 2400rpm gets me about 3.2-3.4 hours out of the > main > wing tanks including the climb and average 95 knots TAS. From OK to > Minneapolis its pretty flat all the way up the Great Plains and I'd like > to > go lower. I've never gone on a long cross country below 3,500 and was > wondering what kind of endurance you see cruising down low around 1,000 > agl > (1500msl average). Does the short climb make up for a higher fuel burn > down > low?? Any advice would be appreciated. > > Tim > N94413 > Erco 415G > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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