KRnetHeads, Here's a quick report on a flight I made down to my father's grass strip yesterday, which is 80'x3600', and not a bad place to fly out of. I'm sure I didn't use half of it, either landing or taking off. There are trees on one end, and it's uphill toward the trees, so it's pretty much a one-way strip that works quite well.
On the trip down I was burning 3.4 gph while doing 145mph True AirSpeed at 7500' on a nearly "standard" day. That's 43mpg, and getting there pretty quick. TAS is irrespective of head or tailwind, so this is a repeatable result. The trip was completely uneventful otherwise, except the hazy skies allowed me to wander all over the place. I need an autopilot to keep me on course and at altitude! See enclosed photo for a nice view of the grass strip, with N891JF ready to go. The strip is situated between three lakes. See http://www.n56ml.com/flights/jan2006farm/ for a better view of that. -- Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 160316_017m.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 125278 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20160317/00083c39/attachment.jpg>
