How's about 178mph = 284km/h Now that looks fast!!
On 6/7/07, Randy Smith <crz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I use MPH on all planes. I go faster that way. > > > --- Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > > NetHeads, > > > > For almost a year I'd been thinking that my top > > speed was something like 168 > > mph TAS, and now with the 3100cc engine, 178 mph > > TAS. But week before last > > I was out flying around over Guntersville Lake on a > > very calm day and > > thought I'd do a quick two way wide open GPS run up > > and down the river. The > > result was only 149 mph...with exactly the same > > number in both directions > > (no math required!). At these speeds, the airspeed > > indicator is very > > accurate, at least I'd thought so up until now. > > This really had me > > buffaloed, as I was so sure that all my testing > > couldn't have been off that > > much. > > > > So last weekend I flew up to middle Ohio to a > > Scirocco thing, and there was > > still this disparity between the GPS and the ASI, > > and the laptop's GPS > > agreed with the Lowrance GPS, so it's 2:1, but the > > EIS agrees with the ASI > > perfectly, so now it's 2 to 2. What's up with > > this...static/pitot has been > > lying to me or what? Then I was looking at pictures > > that I took of my > > laptop screen on the way back from Ohio, and noticed > > the letters "kts" after > > the speed on the display. Then I remembered that a > > few weeks ago I updated > > both the firmware on the Lowrance, and the software > > on the laptop, and they > > were both reset back to the default of knots rather > > than mph! Multiply 149 > > mph x 1.15 and correct for TAS and now we're close > > to 178. I'm a happy boy > > once again... > > > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > > mail: N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > website: www.N56ML.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > > krnet-le...@mylist.net > > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > > please see other KRnet info at > > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Darren Crompton AUSTRALIA My web site: www.kr-2s.com
